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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLivonian1946_0410T .E3E Subscription rate $1.00 SEND YOUR per year paid h ad - NEWS TO vance to the Livonian, THE LIVONIAN Plymouth, Michigan. E.fERyiEla I LIVON AN Arthur • Jenkins, Editor Wednesday, April 10, 1946 Vol. 7. No. 7 Clarenceville 1"o Extend Red Cross Drive UntilWoman's Club `:'ie regular semi - monthly meeting of the Clarenceville Band Bccster's club was held Tuesday, Apl.l 2, at the home of Mrs. An- sel Hodgins. 1+ : s. J. Brennaman, vice presi- dert, presided at the business mezting as Mrs. Lee Satterfield, president, is ill at her home. The roan topics discussed were the anr ual Fall Bazaar at Clarence- ville High School and the Band Corcert at Farmington High School on April 5. "s. J. Brennaman was chosen as ':he speaker for Clarenceville at the Band Concert. :he Band Boosters, one of four Tde*her's Clubs at Clarenceville, is celebrating its fifth year as an or anized unit this month. Y,dhs. Hodgins served a delight- ful lunch after the social hour. he next meeting, April 16, is to to held at the home of Mrs. D. Jel, n.son. SchoolBoard Studies Proposed Plan Pecause the Livonia Township Bc rd of Education is forced to take steps to provide educational uia-ortunities for 143 ninth grade students, with the limited school racn facilities at their disposal, the following proposed plan for hucusing students is now under cor._ideration. This newly proposed plan was taken under consideration at a special meeting held last Tuesday -in •d includes these steps: 1. Retain 7th grade pupils in, the elementary schools. 2. Newburg and Livonia to be useld to house 8th and 9th grades. 3. Prepare building plans and sp<_,tifications to meet the school bui'ding and housing needs by Steptember, 1947. (1st unit) z. Acquire title to lots owned by private individuals on the p.ro7oosed school site. Begin building this year. F. After 1947 continue adding -to High School facilities and then (Continued on Page 4) Billy Fulton wins With His P-38 Robt. Piascki 2nd. Anthony Martino 3rd T;Jinners in the Burt Model Plane contest which closed Sun- 4iay, March 31 were announced by Mr. Burt Sunday evening after hall the votes had been tabulated. Billy Fulton, age 11, entry num- 17, a P-138 Lockheed won first place with 21,090 votes. First I--Ize was a $20.00 class "C" Hur- ricane gasoline engine. Albert Tirscki, a 15 year old, won second place, with 15,182 votes cast for its entry, number 1 a Helicopter- A. -:bony Martino, age 12, won third place with a Stinson "Reli- c' which was entry number 4. 8.759 votes were cast for An- thony's model plane. In fourth ~lace was Edwin Bellows who is 13 years gold. His entry, number 13, was a 'Bell "Aircobra" and there were 7,958 ballots cast for this plane. Second and third priz- es ;were a coaster wagon and an L2 steel scooter resoectivel_v. (Continued on Page 4) April lith, Drive Short $1,000 Double Trouble— L ET"'S GO OVER JHE TOP Livonia's Red Cross drive fell short of the $2,300 goal by $1,000, consequently the date has been extended until Opril 17th. The drive was somewhat late in start- ing, but that is no reason for falling down 44 percent on the quota. A plea goes out from the Red Cross to meet the requested amount. A few criticisms against the Red Cross in its service to our Armed Forces, -both overseas and at home—have come to our attention. It would be ridiculous for us to Township Is 101 Years Old "Livonia" Derived from Russian Province Livonia Township, one hunderd and one years old, was created by Law of March 17, 1835, and the first Township meting was held on the first Monday of April at the "Tamarack School House" on John Joslin's farm, near the cen- ter of the town. The name of the Township is doubtless derived from a province in Russia, which is strange, due to the fact that it owes much to New York state as well as Eng- land for its ancestors. Many Ger- mans settled here, however they did not plav an important part in the politics or the running of the community until later years. It had formed part of the town of Bucklin and also Nankin and consists of town 1 south of range 9, east. The first township meet- ing was held on April 6, 1835. Adolphus Brigham was chosen moderator and Silas Joslin clerk. The officers in that and the sub- sequent year are as follows: Su- -ervisors, Adolphus Brigham; Clerk, Silas Brigham: Assesors, Erastus S. Everitt, Clement C. Leach, Joseoh B. Springer; Col- lector, Reuben Stark; Highway: Commissioners, George Everitt, Reuben Glas, Lucian Noble - (Continued on Page 9) X assert that the entire Red Cross program, as carried out by our workers, was perfect. It had the inevitable shortcomings of any human organization engaged in a world -wire operation. In analyz- ing specific criticisms, we have found upon investigation that most of them were 'based upon rumors rather than facts. (1) Did the Red Cross sell cigarettes? It has been charged that members of our Armed Forc- es were sometimes compelled to pay for Red Cross cigarettes. This is not. true. Undoubtedly this rumor rose from the fact that sometimes soldiers would sell packages of Red Cross cigarettes which they had obtained free. Furthermore, in a number of areas the Army set up Post Ex- changes (PX -s) in Red Cross huts, and cigarettes and 'many other sundries were sold. But these were. Army operations in Red Cross quarters, — and some sol- diers thoughtlessly assumed that they paid the Red Cross for these cigarettes. (2) Did the Red Cross charge for meals and • lodging? Yes, in (Continuea on Page 10) Fire Destroys Veteran's Home Fire, caused by the explosion of a small oil stove gutted the home of Frank Doyle, ex -service- man, at 28020 Long Ave., April 3rd at about 10:00 a.m. Mr. Doyle has just been releas- ed from the service and without a doubt the loss is a very keene one. The contents of the home were also destroyed and it is not known whether there is insur- ance coverage or not. The oil stove was being used to heat water. Although the fire was in Livonia, the Redford Fire De- partment made the run. Mrs. Lester Bookout was host- ess to her bridge club which met last Friday night. To -. County The Livonia Township Worn- an`s Club will hold its regular monthly meeting next Wednes- day, April 17, at 12:30 at Hope Chapel on Six Mile Road near Middlebelt. Following the lunch- eon the Hon. Oakley Distin, Di- rector of Elections !of Wayne County will outline the various precincts in the district and ex- plain their significance in public elections. Also on the program for the afternoon will be Miss Margaret Stark, Wayne Univers- ity student, who will talk on "My First Impressions of America," and Mrs. William Compton whose subject u ill be "Home Econo- mics." After the talks. Mrs. George Young and Mrs. Irene Coder, chairmen of the member- ship and attendance committee3 of the club, will, discuss their (Continued on Page 2) H F. Powell Addresses . A meeting of the Rosedale Gar- dens Parent Teacher Association was held last Wednesday evening at the Rosedale School. Mrs. C. L. Tuck expressed some of the reasons and answered ques- tions on why we should have a Livonia PTA Council. After dis- cussion of the Pros and cons, the majority felt that we were not prepared to take such a step at athis time, and elected to postpone joining this movement for another year. Some of the membership felt that we should promote two or three joint Livonia PTA meet - (Continued on Page 2) Pierson PTA to Honor Gold Star Mothers In May Pierson's PTA held their March meeting at ithe school and an in- teresting program was followed by a short _business meeting and the election of officers for the ensuing year. Mrs. Marcelle Hall was re-elect- ed President for the coming year and Mrs. Lucille Schmidt was elected Vice President. Mrs, Helen Rickart as Secretary and Mrs. El- sie Soos as Treasurer were retain- ed in their respective offices. The April meeting has been postponed until May 2 due to the (Continued on Page 3) Board OK's All But One Petition On March 22, 1946 at a special meeting of the Township Board. Ordinance Number 2 was passed by the Board. Monday April 1, 1946 Ordinance Numbers 3A, 4A and 5A were passed b-�& the Board at their regularly scheduled meet- ing at the Township Hall. Ordinance Number 2 changed the classification of the parcel of land bounded on the east., by Deering, on the north by the Pere Marquette railroad, on the ,vest by. Tartell and on the south by Plymouth Road from an M-1 to rai on the east, to a distance of (Continuea on Page 4) Pale Two L.I V O N TA N.._.- _._ Wednestly, April 10, 194 THE LIVONIAN Plymouth, Michigan Livonia Township's Official Newspaper ARTHUR JENKINS, Editor STERLING EATON, Publisher Phone Plymouth 16 Entered as Second Class Matter In The United States Post Office at Plymouth, Michigan Bowlinc ._.- Livonia Recreation House League: W L Coon 63 49 Rabiola 62 50 De Wulf's .............. 62 50 John's 2 Hi -Speed .............. 58 54 Habermehl ............ 53 49 Johnston .............. 49 63 O. W. Burke .......... 41 71 200 games: Petschulot 213-205: McArt 233-206, Andrew 221-226, Folsom 225, Gothard 211, Smith 210, Kinsbury 203, Tudball 219, Wilson 211-200, Davis 201, Hoeft 217, Sitarski 208, Wolfe 204. Rosedale Gardens Civic League. W L Red Sox .............. 70 50 White Sox ............. 65 55 Senators .............. 64 56 Indians ................ 62 58 Brownies .............. 56 64 Yankees 55 65 Tigers 55 65 Athletics ............. 53 67 200 games: Odgers 207, An- drews 208, Barth 200, Heddon 214, Loucks 225, Stanbury 203, Pellot 200, Spurtley 202-243, Olsen 204. Plymouth Recreation Women's Classic: W L Hershey's Chev. ........ 72 28 Ply. Rec............ 67 33 Sid's Dairy ............ 66 34 Five Pines ............. 50 50 Silver Bar ............. 48 52 Breeze Inn ............ 44 56 Ply. Coach ............ 27 013 Northville Hotel ...... 26 74 High games: Marie Clark 211, Virginia Heintz 190, Virginia Woodward 187, Margaret Heintz 179, Vivian Choffin 177. Upholstering "Bring it to me for satisfaction" GUILBEAULT �or. Westbrook & Fenkell Phone Redford 3100 o �. H. F. POWELL SPEAKS BEFORE ROSEDALE-PTA (Continued from Page One). ings a ,year without severing our connections with the Wayne County Council and make a stronger effort to utilize the ad- vantages available through this affiliation. It was voted to send a delegate to the first post-war State PTA Convention being held at Sault Ste. Marie on May 7. Mrs. Russell Wendt read a re- port of the school lunch commit- tee meeting held at Newburg school, and it was voted that a representative be appointed to meet with this Committee, also that a Canning and Gardening Chairman be appointed. Mrs. John Calhoun introduced the speaker, Mr. H. F. Powell of the Ellis Observation school, who talked on Personality as Related to Small Children. He said the personality structure of the child is not given much consideration, and many parents are a little too happy about sending children off to school. The latent period, from six to ten years of age, is when children begin talking and ask- ing about birth, death, after -life and what makes- people tick gen- erally. They want their parents to answer their questions but if put off or answered unsatisfactorily, they seek this information else- where. Vocational guidance be- gins during this age, children need an ideal, should be given a feeling of security, and this is the time where father, as well as mother, should take an important part in the up -bringing. Mr. Pow- ell cited numerous examples and interesting experiences from his own w-ork. Refreshments were served by the First Grade Mothers. The First Grade was best represented and will, therefore, retain the pic- ture for another month. The next meeting on May I will be ?Mens' Night. WOMAN'SCLUB TO HEAR Co. OFFICIAL (Continued rrom Page One,' committee activities At 11:00 a.m., prior to the luncheon meeting, the school committee of the club will meet with its chairman, Miss Heleda Graves, Supervisor of teachers in the township. Mrs. Charles E. George, former member of the Housing Commis- sion for the city of Detroit and also former assistant editor. of the "Lawyer and Banker" will be a guest at the meeting. Reservations are being made with Mrs. T. W. Lamb, phone Li- vonia 2758. Mrs. Gtorge Young, Livonia 2638, or Mrs. M. R. Holy - cross, Farmington 04728. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Johnson of Farmington entertained Mr. and Mrs. Myron Anderson at cir- ner to honor Mrs. A:-_derson cn her birthday- last '=cn_:ay, a ,_ _ i_ S. Sealtest Ice Cream — Toys — Gifts School Supplies 27405 Joy Road at Inkster A ,g lar m eting o h 'Wom- an's Auxiliary of the First Pres- byterian church will be held Wednesday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m. with tea in the church parlors. Mrs. Anthony Matulis will give a book review. fleas is =`ancE r ' s - is curec - ly correlated with the amount of marsh and swale cover on the various study areas. In Aurora, Illinois, George Yingling, moseying around a funeral parlor, decided to shoot himself. Compilations of hunting records at the conservation department'3 In Seattle, Sailor Oluf Lystad, Rose lake wildlife experiment found dead in a gas-filled room, station show that the kill of left $20 to pay for the gas. arie'S (N t Shap 31517 Plymouth Road Grand Opening Dates April 18. 19" 20, 1948 Free gft with each purchase — Everyone invited. Walter J. and Marie W. Clark 1 John W1, Campbell, 111C. i PLUMBING and HEATING CONTRACTORS Member Detroit and National. Association of Master Plumbers 38630 Plymouth Road PHONE PLYMOUTH 1505 Nights, Sundays, Holidays — Livonia 2073 T4EFARMINGTONSigE_ BANK Farmington, Michigan Member of tha Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Wednesday, April 10, 1946 Elm PTA to Send Susan Thurman to PTA Convention Elm Parent Teachers Associa- tion held their monthly meeting April 2nd and the business meet- ing was opened'with the flag sa- lute led by Sheldon Chambers, Elm Scout. Mr. Dixon, District Director of the Boy Scouts, gave a talk on Scouts and Scouting. Plans were made; for a dance which is to be held at the Wilcox School April 27th. An announcement will be made at a later date. Also plans were made for a "Father and Son" supper which is to be held in the near future. Miss Susan Thurman, Vice President of the Elm PTA was appointed to attend the Parent Teachers Conference at Sault Ste. :Marie in May. Mrs. Weller, program chairman, had a movie shown, "Better Schools for Children" which was enjoyed by everyone present. Miss Maxwell's second grade won the attendance banner for the fourth time this year. Follow- ing the meeting refreshments were served. (Continued from Page 1) inability of the speaker to ap- pear on the program at the regu- lar meeting date. At the May 2 meeting, a presentation of corsag- es will be made to three Gold Star mothers of sons who attended Pierson School. They are Mrs. Homer Coolman, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Sheppard. Everyone is in- vited and a special invitation,is extended to all mothers whose boys were in the service and who were former students at Pierson. The Rev. George Gullen will be the guest speaker. DEFECTIVE FLUE CAUSES DAMAGE A defective chimney flue caus- ed a fire and slight damage to the home of Anthony Petrone, 29714 Joy Road Thursday night. Careless construction of an opening for smoke pipe allowed heat to build up to a point where clothing caught fire in the closet built around the faulty construc- tion. If you have any items of inter- est abount your family or friends please call 16. Complete Self Service CHOICE MEATS & GROCERIES Daily Delivery of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 8861 Middlebelt Rd.. LIVONIAN Veteran Homes To Come First In order to channel materials into the construction of 2,700,000 homes for veterans by the end of 1947, the Government last week placed -drastic curbs on the con- struction or repair of almost all types of buildings. The following is the order is- sued by the Civilian Production Administrator and is printed to clear up some of the confusion which exists because of the many rumors and misstatements now making the rounds. Building Prohibited Under Freeze Order Specifically, the order bans the following unless approved by the government: 1. Construction or repair work in excess of $400 on houses, in- cludmg farmhouses or other struc- ture or residential property, de- signed for occupancy by five fami- lies or less. 2. Construction or repair jobs costing more than $1,000 on ho- tels, resorts, apartment houses or other residential buildings design- ed for occupancy by more than five families. 3. Work in excess of $1,000 on commercial or service establish- ments such as offices, stores, gar- ages, ,theaters, warehouses, radio stations and gas service stations. 4. Jobs costing more than $1,000 on farm buildings, except farmhouses. Work in excess of $1,000 on churches, hospitals, schools, pub- lic buildings and charitable in- stitutions. 6. Jobs costing more than $15,- 000 on virtually all industrial and commercial buildings, plants, or factories. 7. Work in excess of $200 on virtually any other type of struc- ture. Industrial Work Needs U. S. Approval Commercial or industrial struc- ture prohibited unless approved by the government was listed by the order as: Factory, plant or other indus- trial structure used for manufac- turing, processing or assembling; logging and lumber camp; pier, structure for a commercial airport or carrier terminal; railroad or street railway building; research laboratory; pilot plant; motion picture set; utility structure, in- cluding telephone and telegraph; oil, gas or petroleum refining or - distribution plant. The order does not forbid or require authorization for the con- tinuance of construction work al- ready begun. It provides that materials for the structure must have been incorporated in it on the site before 'March 26 or work must be going. on before a proj- ect is considered to be underway. Committees composed of local citizens will be organized in 71 cities throughout the country to rule on the question of whether government approval shall be granted a construction or repair proect. Wcrk Excluded Under New Regulations. It does not apply to repainting and repapering or to grtasing and repairing or installing repair or replacement parts in existing equipment, where no change is made in the structure itself. Work done on roads, streets, sidewalks, railroad or street or 28175 Five Mile Road Dairy Products irwin's ice Cream Wines & beer to take out SINCLAIR Products interurban or plant railway tracks or operating facilities, fences, silos, bridges, tunnels, subways, pipe lines, power lines, sewers, surface or underground mines, wells, dams or canals is excluded from the order. Persons desiring, to begin work prohibited by the order may -ap- ply for authorization by filing an application, in the case of non- farm housing, with the local of- fice of the FHA, in the case of Page Three farm buildings, with the local county agricultural conservation committee, and in the case of other construction or repair work, with the district CPA office. The Myron J. Andersons were dinner guests last Saturday of the Joseph McLoughlins of Detroit. If you have any items of inter- est abount ,your family or friends please call 16. Office, LIV. 3321 — PHONES -- .Fees. VE -7-1829 32013 Plymouth Road Hours Mon. -Fri.; 1-8 p.m. Rosedale Gardens Mornings and Sato by Appt. On this gay and joyous Easter, send your best wishes via our delightful greeting cards. Whatever your preference—religious, sentimental, humorous—we have a charming selection to please you. Choose yours today. G Y COMPLETE, DRUG SERVICE 35115 Plymouth Rd. Liv. 2723 Rosedale Gardens AEA i Latest Nevus — eyed., Thurs., Fri. & Sal. FARMINGTON PHONE Far. 0444 DOUBLE FEATURE —- -- — Wed. and Thurs. -- April 10-11 Free Dishes to the Ladies TAMES CRAIG SIGNE HASSO "Dangerous Partners" GEORGE MURPHY GINNY SIMMS ` roadway Rhythm" Cartoon Saturday Matinee --- ---- DOUBLE FEATURE Fri, and Sat. — April 12-13 JENNIFER JONES JOSEPH COTTEN "Love Letters" ABBOTT and COSTELLO IN "Hollywood" Bugs Bunny Color Cartoon DOUBLE FEATURE Sur.., Mon. and Tues., -- April 14, 15, 16 Jeanne Crain Dick Haymes Dana Andrews "State Fair" All Star Supporting Cast GEORGE SANDERS ELLA RAINES it "Strange Affair of Uncle Marry" Walt Disney Cartoon Page Four L I V O N I A N -BOARD OK'S ALL BUT ONE PETITION - (Contmued from Page One)a� 100 feet east of Middlebelt road, on the south to a distance of 390 feet north of Joy road and on the west ;by. Middlebelt road. 4, To change from a C-1 to C-2 the land enclosed by Inkster on the east, on the south by _a line 100 feet south of Plymouth road, Deering on the west and on the north by a line 100 feet north of Plymouth road. Ordinance 4A was changed to show a C-1 classification of the - corner of Ann Arbor Trail and Wayne Road for a distance of 300 feet north, south, east and west 'by Floral Ave. 2. To'show a C-1 classification ; upon the parcel bounded on the south by Joy road, on the north by the alley line to a distance of 10.0 feet and on the west to a distance" of '100 fet west of Henry Hush street, 3, Shows an R -1-c classification bounded on the north by Cathed - M -2 district (from light to heavy industry). Ordinance Number 3A now shows a R -U -:F -C District classi- fication on the premises bounded on the north `bv West Chicago plane rides will be given for Blvd., on the south to a point 100 prizes. An announcement in re - feet north of Joy road, on the east gard- to the contest will be made by Inkster road and, on the west at a later date. from the corner with a depth of --*-- 1.00 feet from the roads. SCHOOL BOARD Oridnance 5A states that in all ' STUDIES PLAN zones designated as "A one story buildings shall not contain less (Continues irom Page One) than 1000 square feet of floor use'Newburg and Livonia Schools space,' one and one half story for elementary grades. Elemen- buildings shall not oentain less tary pupils from Newburg and than 800 square feet. of floor. Livonia now attending Wilcox, space on the ground 'floor and Pierson and Stark schools may be the aggregate area shall not be transferred back to their own less than 1Q00 square feet. Two schools by September 1947: story buildings shall not contain Estimated enrollment per school less than 624 square feet bn the 1946-1947: ground floor. In "B" zones, one ELM.. door dwellings shall contain not Pupils Total less than 800 _square feet of liv- First 32 able floor space, one and one half Second e 36 story buildings shall contain not Th,;—rd—Fourth 33-9 42 less than 624 square feet of floor Fcurtn-Fifth 23-19 42 space and an aggregate of not less 'fti;-S x 15-28 43 than 800 square feet. 3 No/build- -- ings of full two stories shall con= 195 tair less than 576 square feet of PIERSON usable floor space. Section 2 al- Pupils Total lows for below minimum re- Kindergarten 60 ouirements ,where more than two First -Second 36-36 72 thirds of the buildings in anyone Third' 40 block are occupied by structures Fourth 35 ,below the minimum standards. Fifth 35 This sloes not apply to a new Sixth 28 building between two buildings ROSEDALE which already conform to the re - Pupils Total quirements. Kindergarten 70 The Township Board carried First 35 out the recommendatioris-of the Second 39 Zoning . Board and did not ap- Third 37 prove of the Coventry Gardens Fourth -Fifth 34-7 41 petition to change their classifi Fifth -Sixth 32-10 42 cation to "A". It was the Zon- Sixth -Seventh 22-20 42 inf Board's opinion that it was __ impossible to force future build- 346 ers to construct homes.of an "A" STARK classification with so many "B" and "C" class 'homes in the area. Pupils Total Kindergarten 60 A survty was made from the Field Assessment Books and they First ' 58 showed that there were 16 class Second 35 Third "A" homes, 36 "B's" and 10 "C's" 43 iFourth-Fifth 28-14 42 n Coventry Gardens. Fifth -Si th 16 25 Al One of the projects financed by Easter seals is home treatment for handicapped children who are homeward bound. Your pur- chase of Easter seals will bring needed treatment to many more crippled children. The seals are available from the Rotary Easter Seal! Committee: William Bartel, Jr., chairman; Bert McKinney, Richard Rice, Howard Passmore, Donald Ryder, BILLY FULTON WINS WITH HIS P-38 (Continued from Page One, In order to enter this contest, the contestants had to build the models themselves, the kits must not cost more than $1.50 and all those entering must be 15 years of age or less. The cost did not seem to be much of a factor for the boys who won the coveted prizes. $}fly's kit cost $1.00, Bob's $.25 and Anthony's kit cost $.25. The age was nct too important a factor either for Robert was the only one of the winners who was 15. Over 88,000 votes were cast for the 22 entries. "The compeition was very keen and there was. really very little to -chose from among all,the planes," states E. J. Burt sponsor of the contest. Mr. Burt, because of the in- terest shown in this first venture intends to pution another contest sometime in Julv. This will be for flying models and will have two classes: Gasoline and rubber band. If conditions permit, real x - Sixth;Seventh 10-32 42 321 WILCOX Pupils Total Kindergarten 70 First 62 Second 71 Third 39 Fourth 39 Fifth 38 Sixth 42 Seventh 38 399 In the Pierson School, the Kin- dergarten and First apd Second grades will have half day sessions. Rosedale would have half day sessions in the Kindergarten, Stark would have half days in the Kindergarten and First grade, Wilcox in the Kindergarten, First and, Second grades. Livonia, New- burg and Elm would not be af- fected. The 9th grade offerings would include both college and a gen- eral' course for the students: Col- lege: English 9, General Science, Algebra, Civics, Drafting and In- struments and Vocal music; Gen- eral: English, General Science, General Mathematics, Citizenship - Drafting and Music courses. z In paragraph three of the pro- posed plan, the School Architect Wednesday, April 10, 1946 Eberle `Srnithhas' already beers- contacted and will have sketches of both revised plans, without a gymnasium, and of two story building. These are to be present- ed to the Board of Education at their regular meeting Monday night to take action on. In the 14 room unit of the revised plans, the library is to be used as a class room as well as the ' audi- torium. In paragraph 4, owners of the lots on the proposed school site have been contacted by letter of- ering to exchange school ,owned lots for the ones which they own at the present time. The Board of Education expects to formulate definite plans at the regular meeting and will then. present them to the populace of of the Township. Proper cleaning and sterilizing of dairy utensils is necessary for production of high quality milk with a low bacterial count. YOU'VE TRIED THE REST, NOW USE THE BEST .. . CLOVERDALE FARMS DAIRY Your Local Dealer Phone 9 841 West Ann Arbor Trail Plymouth, Mich. N-ank'In Mills Inn 33554 ,inn Arbor Trail PiLA ! • ea s y caro r gs Beautiful PVew Bar private Rooms available Special attention to parties and large groups Experienced, aciory9-trained 4 i expanceanoa II Our great -1 let ' 6 i us to give. rou N'I. I POSITIVELY NO. WAITING i Keep your car or truck in top condition. Make it last. It will be a long time before new cars or trucks will be available to everyone. Bring your car to us for a complete inspection and estimate. No charge. WAMi AUTHORIZED FORD SALES & SERVICE 29210 Ford Road Garden Citi PHONES: DEARBORN 2310 — MIDDLEBELT 6121 & 6801 Official AAA Garage 24 -Flour Service Wednesday, April 10, 1945 Local News Mrs. Robert Nicholas, Sr., spent a few days last week in Detroit visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Armstrong of Carlin street. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicholas, Sr. of Fremont street entertained Mrs. Nicholas' entire family in their home last Thursday night, April 4. The evening was spent in :Waking recordings of the voices of the family. Mr. and Mrs. William Squires of Detroit spent the weekend of March 29 and 30 as guests of the John Rouleaus of Beatrice street. Dr. and Mrs. O: L. Brooker and c'_ ughters, Carolyn and Mari- lyn have recently returned from LIVONIAN - a trip 'to_ Lexington, Kentucky._ outh Public schools, speak. Her While there, they visited several topic was "Mental Hygiene." of the famous horse farms, one` of which was Calumet Farms The Misses Catherine and Su - where "Whirlaway," the famous san Thurman and Mrs. - Ida Derby winner is kept. The high- Thomas attended the Flower light of the trip for Marilyn Show at -Convention Hall in De - was a ride on "Whirlaway•" tre" ;zaa Sunday. The J. A. VanCoeverings spent Mrs. Roy Lostutter's daugnte- last weekend in Chicago where ;n_law, Shirley, and baby spent Mr. Van Coevering attended the last week visiting the Lostutters. Isaac Walton League Convention. Cortland, Shirley's husband, is " in the .Navy stationed in Florida. Last year's Executive Board of the Presbyterian Auxiliary en- tertained at luncheon for the LA"n new Board last Thursday, April L. c at the Church. A business meet- ing followed the luncheon. Opposite Post Office The Arts and Letters Club met Northville,_ Mich. last Tuesday, yesterday, in the home of Mrs. C. L., Bowdlier on The Best Place -to Buy :Melrose to hear Miss Neva Love - well, visiting teach for the Plym- I e at trick ADVENTUROUS little boys risk their hides on haz- ards like this every day. But most grown-ups shy Away from risks — especially if they have a re- sponsibility to other folks. Here at Michigan Bell, we have a vital 24 -hour -a -day responsibility to °e millions of Michigan people. We have to keep our feet solidly on the ground.. This rule applies to every phase of our business, including the company's earnings. Good telephone service depends on adequate earnings, and we must Avoid any risks that might jeopardize them. Here is why. Thousands of thrifty people have their savings invested in Bell System securities. Their money makes good telephone service possi- ble. In fact, Michigan Bell's 5 -year $150,000,000 expansion program will be financed by these and other investors. And that program will provide more and better telephone service for you. can't do ii Page Five Mrs. Myron J. Anderson enter- tained three friends, Mrs. H. Dowl ng and Mrs. William' James of Redford, and Mrs. Al Tilton of Detroit at luncheon before the Campfire -Bluebird card party last Wednesday. Get better results with better feeds LARI10 HEADQUARTERS Poultry Remedies SA TO Farm Supply Store 587 W. Ann Arbor Trail Phone 174 So you see, our earnings are important all around. And telephone rates—such a small part of your monthly budget—must be maintained at a level which will keep our earnings adequate. , Otherwise, investors would put their money into some other business, and the future quality and extent of your telephone service would suffer. We believe our customers want good telephone service, even if it costs a trifle more than inferior service. Technical improvements in the past brought rates for good service down and have kept them down in the face of rising costs. As rapidly as future improvements will permit, we expect and want our rates to come down still further. For, Michigan Bell wants rates no higher—and no lower—than necessary to insure good telephone service. MICHIGAN I L TELEPHONE COMERAR N OUR $1-SO,000,000 POST-WAR PROGRAM MEANS JOBS FOR THOUSANDS Page S,x L I V O N I A N Wednesday, April 10, 1946 .Vocal News, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Schierk spent three days, March 28-30 in Traverse City. While ther,2 they stayed at the Park Place hotel. Mrs. Fred Weinert, Mrs. H. H. Schierk and Mrs. J. W. lRicard will attend the Livonia Health Guild luncheon meeting at Hope Chapel tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Karle Ocheltree of Rosedale Gardens celebrated their 6th wedding anniversary Satur- day evening, ,April 6th at the home of friends. Mrs. Fred Weinert was honor- ed at a birthdav dinner last Sat- urday, April 6 in the :home of the H. H. Schierks. Mrs. Louis Balmes was called to her parents home in Hancock by the sudden illness of her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Rlaph Woinowski and son Ralph Jr. of Coventry Gardens attended the accordian recital of Charles Munzio at the Rackham Memorial Auditorium last Wednesday evening. The Sentry Club of Clarence- ville is sponsoring a class in "Parliamentary Usage" at the Clarenceville school on Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. Dr.,Marie Tim- pona is directing it. Any and all interested persons are welcome to attend these classes. x The regular monthly meeting of the Rosedale Gardens Civic As- sociation will take place on Fri- day, April 12 at 8:15 p.m. at 'the Club House. Following the busi- ness meeting, an interesting and informative moyie will be shown. Refreshitents will be served by members of the Garden club. On April 19, the Rosedale Gar- dens Civic Association is making available to the residents of .the community a "School Room Ex- hibit," which consists of models of three school rooms. Also on the prgram of the evening will be a You will come out "AHEAD x by calling for an for an ap- pointment Phone I Liv. 9234 camilot BEAUTY ; CLINIC Mary Camilot Ann Stephan 9035 Middlebelt Between Chicago .& Joy Roads motion picture provided by the State Department of Education. This meeting will be held at 8:00 p.m. at the Community Club House. The public is invited to attend.. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Phillips and two daughters attended the Ford Sunday, Evening Hour in Detroit on March 31. Mr. and Mrs. Mack .Bowen took their family to the Masonic Temple in Detroit last Sunday to see the operetta, "Babes in' Toy - land." The Jack Gages entertained Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Hubly and family from Dearborn at supper last Sun- day night. The Hublys have just recently moved to Dearborn and were "rediscovered" by the Gages after not having seen them for 14 years: Haney Thornton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wood, was home from Western Miohiga�n College at Kalamazoo over tht weekend of March 30, and 31 and had as her house guest, Gerald Keller; of New York City. The Cooper School Girl Scout Troop Committee met at the home of Mrs. James Marsh, 27560 Joy road last Tuesday evening to discuss and make plans for the Troop summer activities. .6 * * The Joy Road Sewing Club met at the home of Mrs. Robert ni- cholas on Joy Road last Wednes- day, April 3. The ladies have made many lovely things since the club was organized early this winter. Those present at the meeting were: Mrs. James Marsh, Mrs, Thomas Picha, Mrs. Ed Fra- dette, Mrs.' Harold Mueller, Mrs. Ellen Yuwicky, Mrs. Robert Her- ron and Miss Dorothy Herron. A delicious lunch was served late in the evening. Mrs. Ed Fradette is entertaining the club this eve- ning in her home. A birthday %party ywas given in honor of Mr. John Rouleau in his home on Beatrice street Sat- urday night, March 30. Bingo was played during the evening, and a lunch was served with: the birth- day cake as the center of 'attrac- tion. Mr. V•ouleau was presented with many gifts from his friends. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Squires of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Ami Laundroch, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Dyer, and Mr. and Mrs. Albin Hiltenen. Mr. Jack Young has been ill with the flu at his home on Fre- mont street. Notice: Tickets for the Ross Mulholland "Meet the Mrs." Pro- gram are now on sale at Burt's Drug Store, corner of Inkster and Joy Roads. The program is to be held at the Cooper School Mon- day, April 22, at 11:30 a.m. Reser- vations are being made with Mrs. -M. C. Cline; phone Livonia 2995 and with Mrs. Alfred Hig- M ore � r dor N11,19oney a e . For every day is a special day at our stare .. , . STOP IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF Open Friday nights until 9:00 p.m. Delivery Service from 2`.00 to 4:00 p.m. every day SATURDAY DELIVERIES MUST BE ORDERED FRIDAY Phone Far. 1.427 Corner 7 Mile and Middlebelt JOE SCHULTZ, Proprietor gins, phone Livonia 2953. Some women have indicated a need for someone to take care of children in their homes that day, and will be interested to know that "sit- ters" may be obtained , by calling Mrs. Alfred Higgins, Livonia 2952. Ed Lostutter, son of Mr. and Mrs: Roy Lostutter, is serving in the Navy aboard one of its "Sci- entist's" ships which will be used in the atom bomb experimenta- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nielson have recently purchased a new garage for their home. Mr. and Mrs. James Ga; let are building an .addition to their home. The recently organized Girl Scout Council is sponsoring a leadership training program un- der the direction of Mrs. Thomas E. Chapman. The first meeting will be held tomorrow, Thurslay, 0 0 April 11 from 8:100 to 10:00 P.M. at the Chapman home at 31532 Schoolcraft. All leaders and in- terested persons, whether or not they have received notice of the course by mail, are welcome to attend., Mrs. George C. Cook and chil- dren, Jane and Tyler, attended the operetta, "Babes in Toyland" at .the Masonic Temple in Detroit last Sunday. Barbara Barringer, daughter of Mrs: Karle Ocheltree, is spending a few days in Indianapolis visit - in&, friends and relatives. "We Aim to Please" Phone Your Order to 191 Northville Night Calls Phone 68 C. R. ELY & SONS Expert Bumping s and Painting A TUNE-UP WHILE YOU WAIT 20740 EEIVEELL See us w1 en you Wait better service. PHONE REDFORD 0900 BILL BR0V%N.% AUTHORIZED SALES and SERVICE I IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION SO u TO TINY FEET... this little white high shoe by Bixster "'row" They'll walk through those first important years in perfect safety in this little shoe. Very flexible because tiny feet are soft., AVIOID LAST MINUTE RUSH Buy your children's Easter shoes novo $2.45 to $4.45 !; KIDS Have run every S&turday morning! Listen to the Buster rown Gang. A full half-hour. Adventure stories, funny songs. 11::30 A.M., WWJ. Fisher shoe Store s Plymouth t Wednesday, April 10, 1946 Livonia LIVONIAN School News Pierson School Fifth .grade—John Miller won the Fifth grade Spelling Bee on March 15. Truman Munson was runner-up. At their C.J.C. meet- ing on Monday, the Fifth graders planned a kite -flying contest to be held on the playground Thurs- day, April 4. They decided to go on a Nature Study hike on Tues- day, April 2. This class has completed reference readings on pioneer life. On Monday they will decide on the activities for this unit. Truman Munson is moving to Mayburn avenue in Dearborn. He will attend the Lindbergh school. The class will _miss him very much. The Safety Patrol will select a new captain to replace Truman. Edward Stange has returned to school after several months' absence. General—For the Spring Music Festival to be held May 16, ,the pupils of 'Pierson school will se- lect a May Queen and .her attend- ants. One pupil from each room was appointed as a member of the nominating committee. They are: Valerie Ann Caufield, Kindergar- ten; Margaret MacMurtrie, First grade; Lois Richert, Second grade; Mary Ann McLellan, Third grade; Robert Bell, Fourth grade; Carol Lee Shauffer, Fifth grade. This committee selected the fol- lowing as candidates for Queen: Judy Honderick, Jeanette Morel, Lois Meier, Carol Lee Shaufier, Betty Tietz. The school voting will take place on Monday, April 9. Elm School. First grade—The children made a new spring border. Fred Proc-. for is back in school after having his tonsils out. The first grade is enjoying the new selection of li- brary books from Wayne county. Second grade — Tin Doolittle and 011ie Spencer are. back in school after three weeks illness. Faye Ross is ill with the measles. Dorothy Mitchell was appointed safetey to take the place of Mar- jorie Goodman .who moved last Friday, David Bowers brought a crayfish.which now has 14 young ones. Some of the children prom- ised to bring polywogs also. Third grade—Bob Hall brought a bouquet of forsythia' and we watched it blossom. Billy Doran is back in school after several weeks of illness. The boys and girls are watching the 'polywog closely these -days for his front legs .are starting to grow. Gloria Lancaster brought another gold fish to put in our fish bowl. Bud- dy Goodman left our school last onu munRo ` LANDSCAPING 600"ARTHUR PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN Grounds Maintenance TREE SERVICE PHONE 775-W "I 'w perky again - it wasn't too late, The boss increased mydosage to eight. Ren-0-S'a/tablets you at/surely know, Autseecaatcoccidiosisrghton thego." DR. SALSBt1RY'S PEN -0 -SAL prevents the spread of cecal ceccidiows in chickens Treat promptly at the First sign in your Rock REN -0 -SAL is safe in any waterer—even metal Tiv. 3181 28850 Piv. Rd. week. Fourth grade — James McCul- lough visited the Flower Show and gave us a Inice report on the insect exhibit he saw. •Mrs. MacBride visited our room April 2. Groups II and III are finishing their reading books this week. Billy Crawford brought his col- lection of preserved insects and animals to school. He told us about them in a very interesting report. 0 Fifth grade—Kathiene Teubert has bee*h absent one week from school. Mr. Johnson visited the room and told the pupils about the natural wealth of our home state; stories about the'iron min- es were very interesting. Many pupils are being taught by the home room teacher how to lead in commlxnity singing, St. Michael School With the coming of Spring many a new activity keeps the pupils of St; Michael School busy. The artists, the poets, the authors, and last but not least the sports- men are at their best. Last Tuesday the Wayne Coun- ty Library brought us a new set of books. Because we are all book lovers this event filled us with joy. Our Safety Patrols have form- ed a baseball team. "Good luck to them," is the wish of their grate- ful fellow students. - Grade 8—After a long absence Carol Gordon is back and is do- ing fine. The eight graders are enjoying their Geography. The Possessions of the United States are an inter- esting topic for study. The boys of this grade will play a baseball game with the Safety Boys Monday. Grade 7—Jack Koenig :s on the sick list. He was remembered by the English class in a letter a day of Get Well Cheer, The girls are learning how to play soft 'ball, before the term is over they hope to form a team. Grade 6— New Safeties have been chosen. Hoar well they look with their new belts and bands. The sponsor, Sr. M. Romana is. sure that this group will make the best squad the school ever had, Grade 4—Casper Endeline gave his classmates a surprise. They all expected him in school and they found out that he had been taken to the Detroit Osteopathic hospi- tal, Get well Casper—we miss you. Grade 5—The pupils have dec- orated their bulletin boards with a touch of Spring. They are little artists. Grade 3 -Barbara Sullivan was very ill for the past three weeks. Arthur Judson left our school to join hisfatherin Washington. Grade 2 — Kathleen Harrison_ visited the school Monday. We sincerely hope her doctor permits her to come back soon. The little ones are becoming wizards in Arithmetic. Easter Bunnies are on their way and soon will be reproduced by the art class. The bulletin board for. Easter will display the work of these First Grade talents. Stark School The boys and girls of Stark Kindergarten are very proud of their gardening. The radishes are two inches high and the carrots are peeping through. Besides watching and caring for the gar- den, the children are planning for and beginning Easter decorations for the room. The morning children are very happy to welcome back Phyllis Wells who has been ill for some tine and also'to welcome Michael Connelly who has just moved from Detroit. 1st grade—Beverly Joyce from Harbor Springs visited the first grade last Thursday. The boys and girls were happy to see Bev- erly again. She moved away in December. The first grade pupils are en- joying their library books. They have just realized that they can t read many of these books for themselves. On Friday, March 29; the chil- dren in Mrs. Ryder's room enter- tained their mothers at a "Dutch Tea". The. citizenship club presi- dent, Kathryn Wagenschutz, had charge of the program, which was about Holland. The fine program given and: the attractiveness of the room proved that the children had been having a wonderful time studying Holland. The fol- lowing program was given: Song—America Flag Salute Poem "In Holland"—Marcelene Allen. Japik and Franzie —Dorothy Rohroff. Hedrick and Juliana — Gene Kremer. Dance, "Where are You Going?" Our Dutch corner - Fern Thatcher. Page Seven Story of Tulips — Godfrey Mende. Clickity Clack -Mary Lou Sol berg, Pauline Wrightman, Clay- ton Tenniswood, Phyllis Hatton. Duth Paintings—Roy Schmidt. Song "Holland." Daffodils, given to the third grade by Mr. Bartel, decorated the tea table. Marcelene Allen in Dutch costume poured.: Norma Hatton and Sandra Simmons of the sixth grade assisted the host- esses. The children were very happy to have 20 guests present. —Norma Hatton, Sandra Simmons Wilcox School Mrs. Wise's first grade had a visitor TLesday afternoon. She was Judy Plumpley and it was her birthday, The First grade are (More School News) (Continued on Page 8) tHICKEN SHACK Phones: Liv, 9290, 2554 34115 Plyrnouth Rd, CARL HARAY, Proprietor "Is it too late to bring our clothes in to get them cleaned for Easter?„ "No, the deadline is April 17th, for Easter is April 21st: PICK U1& DET-PySEER V1 S��F- ', E TIVICE Phone Liv. 2337 31501 Plymouth Road Page Eight School News (Continued from Page 7) reading Snow White and the Sev- en Dwarfs. Emerson Boxter has returned to the second grade after being a student at the Fisher school for several months. James McCreary is.a new boy in the second grade. He came from St. Louis, Missouri. The second grade has been study- ing birds. Stories were written about the robin. Colleen Reid also wrote a poem. "The Little Robin", I saw a little robin On the branch of a tree. . When I looked at her; again She went tweet, twee. The Third Grade children have been working with many differ- ent materials in art. Some chil- dren made story -book characters out of modeling clay. A pluto, a mickey mouse and a pinocchio Ross and Rohner "Diligeuce is the owllier of good hick" APRILILI - 9 --Gen. Robert E. Lee sur- renders at Appomatox :, Court House, 1865. < ..;t. 10—Cdessa is captured by the Russians, 1944. " 11—European powers sign Treaty of Utrecht, 1713. 22—German monoplane Bremen makes non-stop _ flight to America, 1928. - I3—Fort Sumter surrenders, 1861. "14—Abraham Lincoln is assassinated, 1865. 15—Titanic sinks on maiden -_ _ _: - ... • voyage, 1912. wNv artre GOOD EYESIGHT Makes History for You Compliments of John A. Ross L. E. Rohner Doctors of Optometry 809 Penniman Ave. Plymouth, Michigan Phone 433 Monday -1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday -1:00 p.m. to 9:40 P.m. Wednesday — 14:0(1 a.m. to 5:04 p.m Thursday - 1:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Friday -1:40 p.m. to 9:00 pm. Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. LIVONIAN were made .The children also made an attractive third dimen- s�onal exhibit of 'spring flowers. This exhibit brightens one of the darkest corners of the room. The Fourth grade nasturtiums and tomatoes are up in the spring graden- The Fifth grade are sorry that Jean McGregor moved to Detroit. Mr. Balmes sixth grade and Miss Simpson's fifth grade had the final spelling bee on Friday April 5. Nancy Magee of the Sixth grade won on the word disappear and Murray Bell of the Sixth grade was the runner up on the word planned. The sixth grade boys played hardball with the Rosedale Garden boys Friday, April 5_ Wil, cox won 10 to 2. The Sixth grade have twin girls in their room, they are from Detroit. Their names are Hilda and Alma Berndroth. The Wilcox Wildcats, fifth and sixth grade team, defeated the Rosedale sixth grade team last Friday by the -score of 10 to 2. MUncy Bell, pitcher, and Joe Johnson, catcher, was the battery for Wilcox, Herron pitched for Rosedale while Bojanzyk caught. Bojanzyk for Rosedale, and Wil - let for the Wildcats led the attack for both teams. —Jane Ann Donnelly. Livonia Jr. High Spelling Bee On Wednesday, March z7 vhe 7th and 8th grade selling bees were held.. The seventh grade bee was held under Mr. Herrman's sponsorship, with Miss McClena- han and Mrs. Olsen as judges. The winner was Gav Ann Welland of 7A,and. the runner-up was Tom- my Masserang, 7A. The word which ended the spell -down was tendency. The last ten who were standing were: Orene Rutenbar, Nancy Neubecker, Eugenia Mor- gan, Mildred Stowe, Donna Fos- ter, Marilyn Bryant, Marilyn Smith, Bob Soos, Tommy Masse rang, and Gay Ann Welland. These ten will spell with the 8th grade on Friday, April 5 to de- termine the school champion. The eighth grade spelling bee was directed -bv Miss Helgem•o, with Mr. B. J. Rogers, and Miss Lane as Judges. The winner was Beverly Wollgast, and the last word was patronage. The team of ten is as follows: Kenneth Safko, Edgar Trocke, Beulah English, Bob Laing, Bill Barlow, Dorothy Myers, Joyce Carson, Janice Wenzel, Joann Karner, Beverly Wollgast.—Marilyn Smith Janice IVenzel. Assembly On March 27, an assembly pro- gram was held, sponsored iby the Camera club. A trumpet solo was given by Joann Karner; a trom- bone solo by Bob Laing; and a flue solo by Barbara Daniels. (All were accompanied by Mr. Moore on the piano. The !advanced Camera Club sang their theme song, "I'm Al- ways -taking Pictures." Patsy Lar- sen and Marilyn Schumacher gave a demonstration on how to develop contact pictures. Anna GEE, MAW, I GET TIRED OF TRIS FORMAI STUFF, WON'TIOU. LOOK UNDER"CLOTHING" IN THE YELLOW PAGES OF Ti♦E 7ELEPtiONE D1keCTORV AKD SUV ME A FLASNV SETUP? I 4C, B pcHa+� Hansen and Janet Hall gave a talk on their first developed pic- ture. Iva Grant and Donna Noblet gave the ten bad commandments in taking a picture. The assembly was closed by having the students sing "Sym- phony."—Janice Wenzel. Ball Game Livonia and Newburg Junior High Schools had a practice base- ball game last Wednesday, April 3, following shcool. In spite of the cold weather and strong wind, Livonia won after a seven inning battle. The final score was 13 to 2 in favor of Li- vonia Center. ' Many students stayed after school to watch the game which Wednesday, April 10, 1946 was played at Livonia Center. The players on the winninw team were: Pitchers, Earl Prine, Dick Horie. Catcher, Gerald Martin. 1st Base, Bob Booth. 3rd Base, Dick Horie, .Earl Prince. 2nd Base, Joe Vorbeck. Left Feld, Dick Graham. Center Field, Walter Jjarne- sen, .Kenneth- Koch, Dwayne Schauffler. Right Field, Gerry Rule, John Walbridge,' Kenneth Safko. Europe needs Cyour grain -for food. Plant the varieties recom- mended by MSC and be more certain of a crop. Kite flying time is here again. A real sport for boys and girls everywhere! Yet there are certain dangers you must guard against if kite flying is to be all the fun you want it to be. The greatest danger to a kite flyer is an electric wire. Fly your kite in the open—away from any wire. If your kite swoops over and touches an electric wire-, the electricity in that wire can cause severe burns or even death. Do not use a metal kite frame. Use only wood. If a metal kite frame touches electric wires, a short circuit can result which can make the wires fall and cause great damage to you and to other people as well. Do not use wire or tinsel twine for a kite string. r The metal or tinsel can carry the dangerous elec- tricity down to your hand. Wet string can carry electricity too, so never fly a kite on a rainy day. Do not climb a pole or a"tree to get your kite down. You may be injured by electric wires or by a fall. Serious injury can result from careless kite flying. By observing these rules, kite flying can be a safe and sane sport: ® Fly kites in open fields, away from electric wires. ® Use only wood for kite frames—no metal. ® Use no wire or tinsel twine for a kite string. ® Do not fly kites in rainy weather. ® Do not climb poles or trees to bring down tangled kites. THE DETROIT EIDISON COMPAN'i a Wednesday, April 10, 1946 L I V O N I A N Page Nine TOWNSHIP IS 101 YEARS OLD (Continued from Page One) Poor Directors, Judah Lewis, Martin Frasier; Constables, Gil- bert Martin, Reuven Stark, Ed- ward P. Vickory; Common School Commissioners, Joseph Kingsley, Daniel Barlow, Joshua Simmons; Common School Inspectors; James Gunning, Charles Noble, Thomas Harper, Harvey Dufee; Joseph B. Springer; Pound Masters; Willard Masters, Willard Lambert, John Everitt, Joseph Kingsley and William B. Lawrence. At a meeting of the Town- ship board of School Inspectors held Monday; April 10, 1837 the Township was divided into school districts and organized by choos- ing Warren Tuttle chairman. The Township was divided into 6 dis- tricts and five fractional districts composing Plymouth, Farmington ,and Nankin. In those days the Board was confronted with simi- lar problems of hiring teachers and filling vacancies and at a special meeting September 24, 1838 the School Inspectors held their meeting and appointed Har- vey Durfee to the existing vacan- cy. The annual report shows the following: No. Scholars No. over 17 Dis- between and wider tricts 5 and 17 5 years 1 no report no report 2 no report no report 3 56 10 4 52 8 5 25 — 6 27 10 F.1 7 9 F. 2 no report no report F.7 34 — F.8 83 8 F. 9 28 15 Total 312 Attending Months of School no report no report no report no report 66 4 months 42 6 months 24 6 months 37 3 months 46 3 months no report no report 41 4 months 60 4 months 52 8 months There was no money received from the Board of Inspectors for the operation or maintenance of the schools, no money for library, however funds were raised in the: districts to pay the teachers and for books. This sum totaled $391.95. Kirkum's grammar, The New Ttestament, Daboll's arith- metic, Olney's and Smith's geog- Taphy as well as an English read- er and grammar were the princi- ple books used in the various schools. In 1838 schooling started picking up and over $500.00 were solicited to operate and repair the schools. It was not until 1844 that certificates were issued teachers" to teach school and the first were issued to Rebecca E. Widner, James L. Alexander, Hiram A. Baker, Ethan Roberts and Thomas Rav Dean. During the latter years the trend was t.o issue more and more certificates. Livonia Township -held its first election and the following was taken from the Township records, "Copy of the first -election held in Livonia, "We the undersigned inspectors of an election held at the school house near the center of the township of Livonia on the sixth -day of April eighteen hun- dred and thirty five for the pur- pose of electing township and county officers do certify that the following number of votes were polled for County officers viz. for Register of Deeds. Theodore Williams received 62 votes Charles Whipple received 25 votes For Treasurer: David French received 62 votes Elliot Gray received 25 votes For Coroner: Benjamin Woodworth received 62 votes A. S. Schoolcraft received 25 votes. A. Brigham Silas J oslin Thomas Harper Inspectors of election Livonia Wayne Co. April 6, 1835." In 1888, the school report for the year ending September 3 shows that there were in .the township five frame land two brick school houses costing $4,- 650, and that eleven teachers were employed; 457 students enrolled with an average attendance of 323. 'One of the main products of the township was cheese and there were three factories, the largest of which was the Powers factory started in 1876 producing from 300;000 to 40.0;000 pounds annually. The Livonia factory had a capacity of about 150,000 pounds annually and the Gilt Edge fac- tory about 100,000 pounds. - Frederick L. West, proprietor and marager of the Livonia cheese factory, was born in Oswe- go Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1830. When 17 years of age he began the life of a sailor. In May 1864, he entered the U. S. Navy, being assigned to the gunboat Kansas and continued in service until the close of the war. He married Georgie Ann Herd- -mar. of Westburgh, N. Y. Decem- ber 28, 1832; they had one child. Mrs. West died in 1865 and Mr. West came to Michigan in 1871 and had charge of the cheese fac-- tory for seven years. Most of the produce was sold to Detroit par- ties. A place known as Livonia City .and located on the northeast quarter of Section 1, was platted, but actually no village existed, although a post office known as the Plank Road post office was located near by. The town hall was erected in 1872 at a cost of $635 and was lo- cated at the southeast corner of Section 16. The population of the township in 1850 was 1,375; .in 1860,-1,665 in 1870, 1,679; in 1880, 1,638. The valuation in 1840 was $184,885 and today is about $8,- 000,000 with a population of 100,- 000 people. Nankin, formerly Newburg was located on the river Rouge n.Qar Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroads. Stark's post office was located on the railroad about one mile south of Livonia Center and was named after Levi B. Stark who situated here in 1858, how- ever the station at that point was called Livonia. Many of the oiditime residents still have offspring living in Li- vonia, sons, daughters and grand- children. Listed in the history of "The Metropolis of Detroit," by Silas Farmer, are the following personal sketches: Angeline Chilson, of Livonia, was Jesse Zeigler's great-grand- mother. She was born in. Monroe County, New York, July 10, 1814 and married Austin Chilson, Oc- tober 10, 1832. The Chilson's-had nine children. In 1883 they mov- ed to Michigan and located -on a farm consisting of 106 acres of land. Mr. Chilson died. Janu- ary 10, 1877. Several families of Graces came to Michigan and Livonia, James Grace came from Maine, Mrs. Mary Grace widow of Albert Grace migrated from Canada and Ulysses A. Grace was born in Farmington and at the present time makes his home there. Ulys- ses is Joe Grace's brother who is a Justice of the Peace here in Li- vcnia. Ulysses was born July 9, 1865, - and moved to Livonia in 1885 and married Lydia Turner of Redford, November 26, 18813. Her parents were natives of Eng- land. "The Metropolis of De- troit," states that Mr. Grace was a staunch Republican. John Gunning, son of Charles J. Gunning, .died at the ripe old age of 94 several months ago. His father Charles J. was born- at Southfield, Michigan, June 10, 1827 and his parents came to Michigan in 1822.. Charles mar- rieci Clarissa Worden of Livonia in 1849. They had five children. Mr. Gunning was considered a fine musician and was often called upon to furnish music at enter- tainments. John Harlan, who was the Township. Clerk for 15 years up until 1939, is, the Grandson of Samuel R. Harlan of Livonia w1 -lo came here from Maryland where he was born, August 17, 1839. His parents came to Michigan in 1853. Samuel married Sarah E. Weist, -of Canton, Michigan. They had two children Mary A., and Wil- liam J. Their farm consisted of 45 acres. Blake C. Northrup, a farmer of Livonia leaves two relatives in this area, a son Ross and a grand- son Blake, both of whom are un- dertakers at Redford. Ross has been located there for 30 years. Blake C. was born in Farming- ton, August 6, 1846, and his par- ents came to Michigan in 1894. He married Helen Johnston in 1870. She was born at Penfield, New York, in 1843 and died in 1873. He married a second time to Carrie ` E. Ingersoll, on October 22, 1879. She was born in Farm- ington. In politicis Mr. Northrop was a Democrat. Data and statistics used in this history of Livonia were taken from the official Township min- ute book and the "History of De- troit and 'Michigan," by Silas Ortrpl is ' ill' est et-ie 19190 Lasher Incl. Red. 7798 _,.Farmer. The former was loaned by Harry Wolfe, Township: Clerk and the history by Jesse Ziegler, -Township Supervisor. Many thanks are given these two men for their cooperation in loaning these books to the editor of the Livonian, which greatly facilitat- ed compiling this information. It is also requested that if anyone has pictures of any of the -old buildings, schools or first set- tlers that they would be willing to loan to have "cuts" made for newspaper pictures, they contact the editor. These pictures will be returned in good shape, having a "cut" made df -s r.ot damage them in any way. ID A ACE INS Seer - Liquor - Wine ED. PALISZEWSKI, Prop. Dancing Frid. & Sat's. to the "Knights of Rhythm" 31022 Ann Arbor Trail Near Merriman Road 344 AX..} A U-11.ter, Lime, may, Straw & Fertilizer 294,44 Joy Road at Middlebelt Page Ten Teen Aga To PACS " e There has been a lot of baseball practice after school lately. The freshmen as well as the varsity ought to have pretty good teams this season. The Albion College band had a koncert at PHS Friday. They played for the assembly in the afternoon and had their big con- cert Friday night. At the assem- bly they even played jazz music. The Rainbow Girls held a teen- age dance in the Masonic Tem- ple last Monday evening. The kids from Livonia that I saw there were Doris Ryder, Derk Worden, Jean Gillies, Pat Isobel and Marilyn Brooker. There was modern and square dancing. The refreshments, consisted of hot dogs and pop. Everyone had fun. Newburg and Livonia Jr. High schools had a practice baseball game last week. Livonia Jr. High won, 13-2. There is another game sereduled for next Wednesday. Those who pitched for Newburg were Buck Snyder, Jim VanTassel and Carl Holth. At Livonia Jr. high, they had their !school spelling bee last week. The. champion is Beverly Wollgast. St. Michael's Boy Scout troop is now being reorganized. There will be a whole new setup. Well,. that's all for tis week guys and gals. See you next week. —Jack J. Gage. The small cost of treating seed before planting is the best in- surance against crop diseases, MSC specialists believe. LIVONIAN TO EXTEND RED CROSS DRIVE UNTIL APRIL 17th (Continued from rage Ore) leave areas (out of combat zones), the Red Cross made a small, be- low -cost charge for meals and lodging. The Red Cross, during war, works under the supervision and orders of the War Depart- ment. On May 20, 1942, a letter was sent to the Red Cross by the late Secretary of War Stimson, instructing the Red Cross to make nominal charges for the above- mentioned services. The War De- partment worked on the theory, undoubtedly, that our servicemen neither needed nor wanted'char- ity in leave areas. The result was that the Red Cross was able to serve more men, more days, at more places, with more food. Let me emphasize, however, that Red Cross Clubmobiles which went in- to combat areas distributed- ev- erything free to our soldiers. In- cidentally, these Red Cross Club - mobiles were under orders from the commanding general as to just how far they could go into com- bat zones. (3) Blood Plasma: The tumor of the sale of blood plasma, of course, has no foundation of fact. The American Red Cross, upon government request, assumed the III a Hardware Complete Line of Paint Lowe Brothers and Nu Enamel Phone RED. 1049 27454 Plymouth Road responsibility of obtaining blood through 35..blo.od centers in. the United States. The • blood each day was shipped to laboratories for 'processing, and immediately _ became the property of the Army and navy. (4) Emergency F u r l -o u g h s: Sometimes a soldier would blame the Red Cross for not obtaining for him an emergency furlough. T might explain that only his com- manding officer could grant such a furlough. The function -of the Red Cross during the war, as. re- quested by our Armed Forces, was to act as a fact-finding orga- nization. For instance, in such cases, wires were sent to the sol- dier's home town Red Cross Chap- ter, which investigated the situa- tion as -outlined; and sent back a factual' report. Upon this report the commanding officer based his decision. Wednesday, April 10, 1946 Since the 'end ofathe war, the War Department ,has permitted the Red Cross to give free food and lodging to all servicemen overseas. If anyone has other questions concerning the Red Cross, the De- troit Chapter headquarters, 153 East Elizabeth Street would be more than happy to discuss,them. If you have any items of inter- est abount your family or friends please call 16. PLUMBING AND HEATING C. J. LEG ERT Parts and Fixtures Repairs and Service 20547 1i enkell Ave., Cor. Patton REdford 2167 HOOSIERCROST, KINGSCROST Hybrid Seed Corn PRIDE OF THE NORTH and ENSILAGE Seed' Corn SEEDS ARE SCA CE -® ODE EARL' EcklesCoal and Supply 882 HOLBROOK PHONE 107 1 Trade HOwh 0 M KEIT ' sAt Easter Special,,WEEK END, SPECIAL .1 ;]OEE-.t. wftwlw% 1W WE Phone Liv. 2343 34215 Plymouth Road -- Stark. at Plymouth Road Wednesday, April 10, 194E AM, f The Albion College Band un- der the direction of Conway Peters, played at Plymouth high school Friday night. The profit went toward the seniors fare- well gift to be given to the high school when they graduate in June. They played many selec- tions both popular and classical including `Begin to Beguine," "Stratoswing," "The Debutante," "Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1." Plymouth nigh school's golf tea -z has been organized with Boil- Schwarz and Kay Kurtz on the team from Livonia. Their first game is scheduled for next Fri_',ay. Dale Bentley, Dick Groth and Wally Gardner are out for base- ball this spring. Bruce Walburn, Donald Me- Greroy, and Clark Sparger are out for track. 1l.ardin Price spent the week- end at Western Michigon college in Kalamazoo visiting Nancy Thnrton. laancy and Donald Sorrie were Electric Refrigeration Service 20 Fears Experience Work Guaranteed C. F'LAGER Licensed and Bonded Livonia 2505 • - CAN MAKE HER Grand River at Lasher LIVONIAN surprised when Anise Danniles called them Saturday night to come to a "Come as you are" party. Well, till next week Diary.— "Susie." Mrs. Mae Blankenhagen Elected President The Rosedale Gardens Woman's Club met last Thursday evening at the Club House for a potluck supper and election of officers. After the supper the following new officers were elected: Mrs. Mae > Blankenhagen, president; Mrs. Florence Wood, 1st vice pres- ident in charge of program; Mrs. Louise Branion, vice president in charge of entertainment; Mrs. Genevieve Valrance, secretary; Mrs. Texie Andrews, treasurer, and Mrs. Jean Loucks, historian. Plans are now being formulat- ed for the Annual Spring Dinner which will be held at the Club Mouse on May 16. Reservations are being limited tp 60, so mem- bers are urged to get their reser- vations in early. They may be made by calling Mrs. Francis Cal- houn, Livonia 2546. The next meeting of the club' will be held at 8:30 p.m. on April 18 at the Club House. Mrs. An- thony Matulis of Plymouth will give a book review. Joy Gardens Boy Scouts Hold "Parents Night" The first "Parents Night" of the Joy Garden Boy Scouts held last week was a huge success. This was the first showing of the troop since it was taken over by a new sponsor, the Cooper School Board, and under the direction of its enthusiastic Scout Committee which is composed of Mr. Charlie Bailey, chairman; Mr. James Marsh, secretary; Mr. Jack Rich- ards, treasurer; Mr. Ralph Ash, program and activities, Mr. Joe Galirault, membership, Mr. James Warren, equipment and training; Mr. Bob Nicholas, morale; and Mr. Cleo Caccia, health and safe- ty. All Scout committeemen also serve on the Board of Review in passing the scouts on merits earned The program was given at the Cooper school, the regular meet - ting place of the Scouts and a good many parents enjoyed the program put on by the Scouts. The program consisted of knot - tieing, signalling by flag, and first aid -demonstrations followed by two short comedies entitled "The Mad Doctor" and "The Rookie". The entire troop was introduced to the audience. Mr. Bob Stevens assistant Scoutmas- ter gave a talk on "Scouting and the Scout Troop" followed by the presentation of awards made by the Scoutmaster, Mr. William Bailey. Toastmaster for the eve- ning was Mr. Charles Bailey. Awards were made to the fol- lowing Scouts: Star Scout, Max Stevens; Senior Patrol Leader, Alvin Whitehead; lsiClass Scout, Wesley Potts, who also receiv- ed five earned merit badges along Give yourselfy fry coldwavepermanen You cari treat yourself to a perfect, soft, It's as simple as this! natural looking permanent wave—done at home —in three hours or less —with the s� simple, ready -to -use CROWNING ,.; GLORY Cold Wave Permanent Solutions. n Safe for Children's Hair, too! (Vdhcuriers)*2 (p!us tax) Cecil H. Habermehl REXALL DRUG STORE 1 32101 Plymouth Road, Corner of Blackburn, Rosedale Gardens with his two year pin for excel- lent attendance; Tenderfoot Badge, Jack Vess; Second Class Scout, Jack Vonderita, who also received a one-year perfect at- tendance pin; One Year Perfect Attendance pin, Tommy David- son and Jimmie Tomelson. One Year Scout Stars were awarded to Billy Bailey, Carles Potts, Glen Warren, Jimmie Tomelson, Jack Vonerita, Alvin Whitehead, Wes- ley Potts, Tommy Davidson, Bob Tannill, and Max Stevens. Three new Scouts were accept- ed, Gordon Vess, Neil Coffin and Carles MacDugall. At the close of the evening, refreshments of cake and coffee were served. A big "Open Night" is being planned now and all interested persons are urged to watch for the announcement of the date. Ti'_, Ccc_ cr School Board is making an attempt to reorganize the Cub Scouts, but lack Cub Mothers and Committeemen. If you are interested in giving the 9-12 year-old boys a hand of guidance, call Livonia 2047 or Livonia 2995. Star Scout, Harold Wilcox, has returned to the Troop. The Missionary Society of the First Baptist church celebrated its 75th anniversary with a 12:30 luncheon, Thursday in the church parlors. Page Elevec RECREATION CLUB HOLDS INSTALLATION At a special meeting of the Li- vonia Recreation Club held Fri- day; April 5 at the Wilcox School, the following officers for the coming year were installed: Pres- ident, former Vice-president, Inar Larsen who succeeds Gus Davis; Vice-president, George Page; Cor- responding Secretary, Mrs. Helen Aramege; and Treasurer, T. C. Parliement, who replaces Charlie Thomas, one of the original offi- cials and organizers of the Club. Mr. Davis, who was president for two years, was lauded for the outstanding contributin he made to the community while serving in that capacity. If you have any items of inter- est abount your family or friends bring results.—Piymouth 16. WARRENS Oil Burner and Hot Water Heater Service All makes and models Call Livonia 2234 or inquire at Olson Drive, one block north of Joy road and Oxbow `G7 'Courteous Ambulance Service available 24 hours a day 365 days a year Wednesday, April 10, 1946 L I V O N I A N., _ Page Thirteen ORDINANCE NO. 3A AN ORiDINANCE to amend Map No..4 of the Zoning Ordi- nance of the Township of Livonia adopted December 6th. 1945, en- titled, "An. ordinance enacted under the provisions of Act 184 of igan, 1943, to divide the Town - Public Acts of the State of Michigan, 1943, to ,divide the Township of Livonia into var- ious districts, to establish and fix boundaries therof, to_ di- vide the said districts into zones of Such number, shape and area as hereinafter de- scribed, and; in the interests of public sanitation, health, safe- ty, comfort, convenience, pros- perity and, gneral welfare, to prevent, protect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and natural resources, and the general trend and chac- ter of building and population development; to regulate the location 'of buildings and struc- tures designed for specified us- es; to regulate and restrict the location of trades, industries, and migratory labor camps; the regulation of the areas with- in which given forms of land utilization shall be prohibited; to regulate the location, the height, the area, number of stories and sizes of dwellings, buildings and structures; to . regulate the light, ventilation and sanitation of buildings and structures in all districts es- tablished hereunder; Ao regu- late and limit the use of tents and att*�omabile trailers and trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins for community dwel- lings in said districts; to regu- late and restrict the use of land to be used for trade,- industry, residences, recreation, agricul- ture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply conservation and other natural resources; to reg- ulate and restrict the use for which buildings or structures shall be erected or altered, and industries which shall be per- mitted, excluded; or subjected to special regulations in said district; to regulate and deter- mine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and restrict the maximum num- ber of families which may be housed in dwellings, buildings and structures, including 'tents, automobile - trailers, trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins; to regulate the density of pop- ulation; to provide a method of administration and enforce- ment of this ordinance in said districts; to provide penalties for the violations of the pro- visions of this ordinance; to provide against conflicts with other laws, ordinances or reg- ulations; and to repeal all or- dinances in conflict herewith RADIO SERVICE By MARK LETTICH Phone Liv. 3177 30115 Munger St. Near 6 Mi. & Middlebelt PLASTERING Repairing & Patch Work FREE ESTIMATES LINO CAMILOT Liv. 9234 9035 Middlebelt including a zoning ordinance, together with all amendments thereof enacted by the Livonia Tpwnship Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Livonia Township Zoning Ordinance." IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED, by the peopleof the Township of Livonia ounty of Wayne and State of Michigan: That Zoning Map No. 4 of the Zoning Ordinance of Livonia Township adopted on December 6th, 1945, entitled, - "An ordinance enacted under the provisions of Act 184. of Public Acts of the State of Michigan, 1943, to divide the Township of Livonia into var- ious districts, to establish and fix boundaries thereof, to di- vide the said districts into zones of such number, shape and area as hereinafter described, and, in the interests of public sanitation, health, safety, com- fort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, to pre- vent, protect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and natural resources, and the general trend and character .of buildings and structures do signed for specified uses; to regulate and restrict the loca- tion of trades, industries, and ,migratory labor camps; the regulation of the areas within which given forms of land util- ization shall be prohibited; to regulate the location, the height, the area, number of stories and sizes of dwellings, buildings and structures; to reg- ulate the light ,ventilation and sanitation of buildings and structures in all .districts es- tablished hereunder; to regu- late and limit the use of tents and automobile trailers and trailer coaches and/or, tourist cabins for community dwel- lings in said districts; to reg- ulate and restrict the use of land to be used for trade„ in- . dustry, residences, recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil con, servation, water supply con- servation and other natural re- sources; to regulate and restrict the use for which buildings or structures shall be erected or altered, and industries which shall be permitted, excluded, or subjected to special regulations in said district; to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and restrict the maxi- mum number of families which may be housed in dwellings, buildings, and structures, in- cluding tents, automobile trail- ers, trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins; to regulate the density of population; to pro- vide a method of administra- tions of the provisions of this ordinance in said districts; to provide for a board of appeals, and its powers and duties; to _provide penalties for the viola- tions of the porvisions of this ordinance; to provide against conflicts with other laws, or- dinances or regulations; and to repeal all ordinances in con- flict herewith including a zon- ing ordinances together with all amendments thereof enacted by the Livonia Township Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Livonia Township Ordinance, be and the same is hereby amend- ed as follows: 1. That Zoning Map No. 4 be changed to show R -U -F -C Dis- trict classification upon the prem- ises bounded on the north of 11721 Boston Past Road. Plymouth, Mich.gan. Drone Livonia 2889 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Events 'of interest to local clubs. organiza±ions and fraternal groups may be placed in this column announcing date, time and place without charge. 7 Thursday, April 11—Livonia Health Guild luncheon meeting, 12:30 p.m. at Hope Chapel. Friday, April 12—Rosedale Gardens Civic Association meeting, 8:00 p.m., Club House. Monday, April 15—Rotary Club meeting, 12:15 p.m. Pen -Mar Cafe. Wednesday, April 17—Livonia Township AVoman's Club -meeting, 12:35 p.m., Hope Chapel. Wednesday, April 17 -Sentry Club meeting, 8:00 p.m. Clarenceville High School. West Chicago. Boulevard, on the `Road. south to a point 100 feet North 4. To show a C-2 District clas- of Joy Road, on the east by Ink- sification upon the premises ter Road, and on the west by bounded on the east by Inkster Floral Avenue. Road, on the south by a line 100 2. To show a C-1 District clas- feet south of Plymouth Road, sification upon the premises on the west by Deering Avenue, bounded on the south by Joy and on the north by a line 100 Road, on the east by Hugh St.,feet north of PL7mouth Road. on the north by the alley line to a distance of 100 feet, and on the (Con±ir_ued on Page 14) west. to a distance of 100 feet west of Henry Ruff Avenue. S 3. To show an R -1C District {� SELLE tODY SHOP classification upon the -premises bounded on the north by Cathe- ± J. . SELL dral Avenue, on the east, to a distance of 100 feet east of Mid Collision Specialists ; dlebelt Road, on the south to a § Phone 177 +� point 390 feet north of Joy Road, `PP and on the west by Middlebelt RE IUX H A QR Y S. W 0"Um- E REAL ESTATE — FARMS — INSURANCE Phone Livonia 2668 Farmington Phone 0552-J2 -398 Flee _Mule Road—Just East of Farmington Road List yo it property with us $ar prompt sale WALL .E dew atterils r-- :m Wednesday, April 10, 1946 mm "N1 allw ORDINANCE NO. 3A AN ORDINANCE to amend Map No.4 of the Zoning Ordi- nance of the Township of Livonia adopted December 6th. 1945, en- titled, "An. ordinance enacted under the provisions of Act 184 of igan, 1943, to divide the Town - Public Acts of the State of Michigan, 1943, to divide the Township of Livonia into var- ious districts, to establish and fix boundaries therof, to, di- vide the said districts into zones of such number, shape and area as hereinafter de- scribed, and, in the interests of public sanitation, health, safe- ty, comfort, convenience, pros- perity and gneral welfare, to prevent, protect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and natural resources; and the general trend and chac- ter of building and population development; to regulate the iocation'of buildings and struc- tures designed for specified us- es; to regulate and restrict the location of trades, industries, and migratory labor camps; the regulation of the areas with- in which given forms of land utilization shall be prohibited; to regulate the location, the height, the area, number of stories and sizes of dwellings, buildings and structures-, to . regulate the light, ventilation and sanitation of buildings and structures in all districts es- tablished hereunder; to regu- late and limit the use of tents and at+�omabile trailers and trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins for community dwel- lings in said districts; to regu- late and restrict the use of land to be used for trade,- industry, residences, recreation, agricul- ture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply conservation and other natural resources; to reg- ulate and restrict the use for which buildings or structures shall be erected or altered, and industries which shall be per- mitted, excluded, or subjected to special regulations in said district; to regulate and deter- mine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and restrict the maximum num- ber of families which may be housed in dwellings, buildings and structures, including 'tents, automobile trailers, trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins; to regulate the density of pop- ulation; to provide a method of administration and enforce- ment of this ordinance in said districts; to provide penalties for the violations of the pro- visions of this ordinance; to provide against conflicts with other laws, ordinances or reg- ulations; and to repeal all or- dinances in conflict herewith RADIO SERVICE By MARK LETTICH Phone Liv. 3177 30115 Munger St. Near 6 Mi. & Middlebelt PLASTERING Repairing & Patch Work FREE ESTIMATES LINO CAMILOT Liv. 9234 9035 Middlebelt LIVONIAN including a zoning ordinance, together with all amendments thereof enacted by the Livonia Tpwnship Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Livonia Township Zoning Ordinance." IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED, by the peopleof the Township of Livonia ounty of Wayne and State of Michigan: That Zoning Map No. 4 of the Zoning Ordinance of Livonia Township adopted on December 6th, 1945, entitled, "An ordinance enacted under ..he provisions of Act 184 of Public Acts of the State of Michigan, 1943, to divide the Township of Livonia into var- ious districts, to establish and fix boundaries thereof, to di- vide the said districts into zones of such number, shape and area as hereinafter described, and, in the interests of public sanifation, health, safety, com fort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, to pre- vent, protect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and natural resources, and the general trend and character of buildings and structures d - signed for specified uses; to regulate and restrict the loca- tion of trades, industries, and ,migratory labor camps; the regulation of the areas within which given forms of land util- ization shall ;be prohibited; to regulate the location, the height, the area, number of stories and sizes of dwellings, buildings and structures; to reg- ulate the light ,ventilation and sanitation of buildings and structures in all ,districts es- tablished hereunder; to regu- late and limit the use of tents and automobile trailers and trailer coaches and/or _ tourist cabins for community dwel- lings in said districts; to reg- ulate and restrict the use of land to be used for trade„ in- •dustry, residences, recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil con- servation, water supply con- servation and other natural re- sources; to regulate and restrict the use for which buildings or structures shall be erected or altered, and industries which shall be permitted, excluded, or subjected to special regulations in said district; to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and restrict the maxi- mum number of families which may be housed in dwellings, buildings, and structures, in- cluding tents, automobile trail- ers, trailer coaches and /or tourist cabins; to regulate the density of- population; to pro- vide a method of administra- tions of the provisions of this ordinance in said districts; to provide for a board of appeals, and its powers and duties; to provide penalties for the viola- tions of the porvisions of this ordinance; to provide against conflicts with other laws, or- dinances or regulations; and to repeal all ordinances in con- flict herewith including a zon- ing ordinances together with all amendments thereof enacted by the Livonia Township Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Livonia Township Ordinance." be and the same is hereby amend- ed as follows: 1. That Zoning Map No. 4 be changed to show R -U -F -C Dis- trict classification upon the prem- ises bounded on the north of INTERIOR EXT FRJOIR R ue- 1 *1 a b I te P� a int C 4 i 11721 Boston Dost bead., Plymouth, Michigan Prone Livonia 2889 Page Thirteen ._ . 2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Events ' of interest to local clubs., organizations and fraternal groups may he placed in this column announcing date, time and place without charge. Thursday, April 11—Livonia Health Guild luncheon meeting, 12:30 p.m. at Hope Chapel. Friday, April 12—Rosedale Gardens Civic Association meeting, 8:00 p.m., Club House. Monday, April 15—Rotary Club meeting, 12:15 p.m. Pen lIar Cafe. Wednesday, April 17—Livonia Township AVoman's Club meeting, 12:35 p.m., Hope Chapel. Wednesday, April 17 -Sentry Club meeting, 8:00 p.m. Clarence\ ille High School. Z,, , o rater. s..d.ea�+ �era.a..sra ar. West Chicago. Boulevard, on the Road. south to a point 100 feet North 4. To show a C-2 District clas- of Joy Road, on the east by Ink- sification upon the premises ter Road, and on the west by bounded on the east by Inkster Floral Avenue. Road, on the south by a line 100 2. To show a C-1 District clas- feet south of Plymouth Road, sification upon the premises on the west by Deering Avenue, bounded on the south by Joy and on the north by a line 100 Road, on the east by Hugh St., feet north of Phmouth Road• on the north by the alley line to a distance of 100 feet, and on the (Continued on Page 14) west. to a distance of 100 feet west of Henry Ruff Avenue. 3. To show an R -1C District SELLS BODY SHOP classification upon the • premises bounded on the north by Cathe- , J. W. SELL dral Avenue, on the east, to a y distance of 100 feet east of Mid- Colli phone Specialists dlebelt Road, on the south to a 77 point 390 feet north of Joy Road, �....,� and on the west by Middlebelt LI ONI ' T ESTATE FIRM. HARRY S). WOUE REAL ESTATE — FARMS — U4SU RA CE Phone Livonia 2668 Farmington Phone 0552-I2 32398 Five Mile Road—Just East of Farmington Road Fist your property with us Icr prompt sale WLI- FS E atier is 65 'er tl-ell k .4S�'4C RA r ruuniture 1,43tor%:-, Norihville Page Fourteen L I V O N I A N Wednesday, April 10, 1946 (Continued from-Fag"e 13) - `flici-herewith including a tori- SECTION 1 All ordinances or parts of or- dinances not consistent herewith are hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to give this or- dinance full force and effect. SECTION II The provisions of this ordi- nance are hereby declared to be immediately necessary for the preservation of the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Township of- Livonia and is hereby ordered to be given im- mediate effect. SECTION III The provisions of this ordi- nance rdinance are Hereby adopted and thereby ordered to be published within ten (10) days after its adoption by the Livonia Town- ship Board, in a newspaper of general cirdulation in the Town- ship of Livonia and the provis- ions of this Ordinance shall be .in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and .after the publica- tion of the provisions of said Ordinance. LIVONIA TOWNSHIP BOARD, By: Jesse Ziegler, Supervisor. COUNTERSIGNED: Harry S. Wolfe, Clerk. I, HARRY S. 'WOLFE, Clerk of the Township° of Livonia, d6 here- by certify that the above Ordi- nance was approved and adopted by the Livonia Township Board at a regular meeting thereof, duly called and held on the 1st day of April, 1946, and was . ordered to be given publication in the manner prescribed by law. HARRY S. WOLFE, Clerk of Livonia Township ORDINANCE NO. 4-A AN ORDINANCE to amend Map No. 3 of the Zoning Ordi- nance of the Township of Livonia adopted December 6th, 1945 en- titled, "An ordinance enacted un- der the provisions of Act 184 of Public Acts of the State of Michigan, 1943, to divide the Township of Livonia into vari- ous districts, to establish and fix boundaries thereof, to divide the said districts into zones of such number, shape and area as hereinafter described, and, in the interests of public sanita- tion, health, safety, comfort; convenience, prosperity and general welfare, to prevent, pro- tect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and na- tural resources, and the general trend and character of building and population development;to regulate the location of build- ings and structures designed for specified uses; to regulate and restrict the location of trades, industries, and migratory labor camps; the regulation of the areas within which given forms of land utilization shall be pro- hibited; to regulate the location, the height, the area, number of stories and sizes of dwellings, buildings and structures; to regulate the light, ventilation and sanitation of buildings and structures in all districts estab- lished hereunder; to regulate and limit the use of tents and automobile trailers and trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins for community dwellings in said districts; to regulate and re- strict the use of land to be used for trade, industry, residences, recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply, conservation and other natural resources; to regulate and re- strict the use for which build - Ings or structures shall be erected or altered, and indus- tries which shall be permitted, excluded, or subjected to spe- cial regulations in said district; to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and re- strict the maximum number of families which may be housed in dwellings, buildings and structures, including tents, au- tomobile trailers, trailer coach- es and/or tourist cabins; to reg- ulate the density -of population; to provide a method of adminis- tration and enforcement of this ordinance in said districts; to provide penalties for the viola- tions of the 'provisions of this ordinance; to provide against conflicts with -other laws, ordi- nances or regulations; and to repeal all ordinances in con - mg ordinance, together with all amendments thereof enacted by the Livonia Township Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Livonia Township Zoning Ordi- nance." IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED, by the people of the Township of Li- vonia, County of Wayne and State of Michigan: That Zoning Map No; 3 of the Zoning Ordinance of Livonia Township adopted on December 6th, 1945, entitled, "An ordinance enacted under the provisions of Act 184 of Public Acts of the State of Michigan, 1943, to divide the Township of Livonia into vari- ous districts, to establish and fix boundaries thereorf, to divide the said, districts into zones of such number, shape and areas as hereinafter described, and, in the interests of public sanita- tion, health, safety, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, to prevent, protect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and na- tural resources, and the general trend and character of build- ing and population develop- ment; to regulate the location of buildings and structures de- signed for specified uses; to reg- ulate and restrict the location of trades, industries, and migra- tory labor camps; the regula- tion of the areas within which given forms of land utilization shall be prohibited; to regulate the location, the height, the area, number of stories and sizes of dwellings, buildings and structures; to regulate the light, ventilation and sanitation of buildings and structures in all districts established 'hereunder; to regulate and limit the use Of tents and automobile trailers and trailer coaches and/or tour- ist cabins for community dwel- lings in said districts; to. regu- late and restrict the use of land. to be used for trade, industry, residences, recreation, agricul- ture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply conservation and other natural resources; to reg- ulate and restrict the use for which buildings or structures shall be erected or altered, and industries which shall be per- mitted, excluded, or subjected to special regulations in said district; to regulate and deter- mine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and restrict the maximum num- ber of families which may be housed in dwellings, buildings and structures, including tents, automobile trailers, ' trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins; to regulate the density of popu- lation; to provide a method of administration and enforcement of this ordinance in said dis- tricts.: to provide for a board of appeals, and its powers and du- ties; to provide penalties for the violations of the provisions 'of this ordinance; to provide against conflicts with other laws, ordinances or regulations; and to repeal all ordinances in conflict herewith including a zoning ordinances together with all amendments thereof enacted by the Livonia Township Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Livonia Township Zoning Or- dinance," be and the same is hereby amend- ed as follows: 1. That Zoning Map No. 3 be changed to show a C-1 District classification upon the premises bounded on the east and west sides of Wayne Road to a point 300 feet north 'and 300 feet south of Ann Arbor Trail, and to a depth of 100 feet east of Wayne Road and 100 feet west of Wayne Road; on the north and south sides of Ann Arbor Trail to a point 300 feet east and 300 feet 'west of Wayne Road, and to a depth of 100 feet north of Ann Arbor Trail and 100 feet south of Ann Arbor Trail. Section I All ordinances or parts of ordi- nances not consistent herewith are :hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to give this ordi- nance full force and effect, Section. II - - - -' The provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be imme- diately necessary for the preser- vation of.the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Township of Livonia and is here- by ordered to be given immedi- ate effect. Section III The provisions of this ordinance are hereby adopted and thereby ordered to be published' within ten (10) days after, its adoption by the Livonia Township Board; in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township of Livonia and the provisions of this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the publication 'of the provisions of said ordinance. LIVONIA TOWNSHIP BOARD, By: JESSE ZIEGLER, Supervisor. COUNTERSIGNED: HARRY S. WOLFE, Clerk. I, HARRY S. WOLFE, Cler_i of the Township of Livonia, do, here- by certify that the above ordi- nance was approved and adopt- ed by the Livonia Township Board at a regular meeting there- of, duly called and held on the 1st day of April, 1946 and was ordered to be given publication in the manner prescribed by law. HARRY S. WOLFE, Clerk of Livonia Township. ORDINANCE NO. 5A AN ORDINANCE to amend Sub -Paragraph I Zone A, Sub - Paragraph 2, Zone B, of Para- graph 3.01 of Section 3, District Regulations; Paragraph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B, of See - tion 5, R-1 Districts; Paragraph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 3,Zone B, of Section 6, R-2 Districts; Para- graph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B of Section ,7 R 3 `Dis- tricts; Paragraph 1, Zone A, Par- agraph; Zone B of Section 8, RUF Districts; Paragraph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 2,. Zone B of Section 9, AG -1 Districts; Paragraph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 2. Zone B of Section 10, AG -2 Districts of the Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Livonia adopted De- cember 6, 1945 entitled, and to add thereto a new Section to stand as Section 15.06 (K), "An ordinance enacted under the provisions of Act 184 of Public Acts of the State of Michigan, 1943, to divide the Township of Livonia into var- ious districts, to establish and fix :bounudaries thereof, to di- vyde tape said districts into zones of such number, shape and area as hereinafter de- scribed, and, in the interests of perity and general welfare, to public sanitation, health, safe- ty, comfort, convenience, pros - prevent, protect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and natural resources, and the general trend and charac- ter of building and- population development; to regulate the location of buildings and struc- tures designed for specified uses; to regulate and restrict the location of trades, indus- tries, and migratory labor camps; the regulation of the areas within which given forms of land utilization shall be pro-, hibited; ro-- hibited; to regulate the loca- tion ,the height, the area, num- ber of stories and sizes of dwel- lings, buildings and structures; to regulate the light, ventila- tion- and sanitation of build- ings and structures in- all dis- to regulate and limit the use of tricts established hereunder; tents and automobile trailers and trailer coaches and/or 'tourist cabins for corAmunity dwellings in said districts; to regulate and restrict the use of land to be used for trade, in- dustry, residences; recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil con servation, water supply conser- vation and other natural re- zources; to regulate and restrict the use for which buildings or structures -shall be erected or altered, and industries which shall be permitted, excluded, or subjected to special regula- tions in said district; to regu- late and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and restrict the maximum number of families which may be housed in dwel- lings, buildings and structures, including tents, automobile trailers, trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins; to regulate the density of population; to pro- vide a method of administra- tion and enforcement of this ordinance in said districts; to provide penalties for the viola- tions of the provisions of this ordinance-, to provide against conflicts with other laws, or- dinances or regulations; and to repeal all ordinances in conflict ;berewith including a zoning ordinance, together with all amendments thereof enacted by the Livonia Township Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Li- vonia Township Zoning Ordi- nance." IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED; by the people of/the Township of Livonia, County of Wayne and State of Michigan: That Sub -Paragraph I, 'Zone A, Sub -Paragraph 2, Zone B, of Par- agraph 3.01 of Section 3, District Regulations; Paragraph I, Zone A, Paragraph .2, Zone B, of Sec- tion 5, R-1 Districts; Paragraph I, Zone 'A, Paragraph 3, Zone B, of Section 6, R-2 Districts; Para- graph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 2, . Zone B, of Section 7, R-3 Dis- tricts; Paragraph 1, Zone A; Par- agraph 2, Zone B of Section 8, RUF'Districts; Paragraph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B of Sec- tion 9, AG -1 Districts; aragraph 1, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B Of Section 10, AG -2 Districts of the Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Livonia adopted De- cember 6, 1945 entitled, "An ordinance enacted 'under the provisions of Act 184 of Public Acts of the State of ichigan, 1943, to divide the Township of Livonia into var- ious districts, to establish and fix bounudaries thereof, to di- vide the said districts into zones of such number, shape and area as hereinafter described, and, in the interests of public sanitation, health, safety, com- fort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, to pre- vent, protect and provide for therein, the proper use of land and natural resources, and the general trend and character of building and population devel- opment; to regulate the loca- tion of buildings and structures designed for specified uses; to regulate and restrict the loca- tion of trades, industries, and migratory labor camps; the regulation .of the areas within which given forms of land util- ization shall be prohibited; to regulate the location; the height, the area, number of stories and oizos of dwellings, buildings and structures; to regulate the light, ventilation and sanita- tion of buildings and structures in all districts established hereunder; to regulate and lim it the use of tents and auto- mobile trailers and trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins for community dwellings in said districts; to regulate and restrict the use of land to be used for trade, industry, 'resi- dences, recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil conservation, wat- er,suply conservation and other natural resources; to regulate and restrict the use for which buildings or structures shall be erected or altered, and in- dustries which shall be permit- ted, excluded, or subjected to special regulations in said dis- trict; to regulate and deter- mine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; to limit and restrict the maximum num- ber of families which may be housed in dwellings, buildings and .,structures, including tents, automobile trailers, trailer coaches and/or tourist cabins; to regulate the density of pop- ulation; to provide a method of administration and enforcement of this ordinance in said dis- tricts; to provide penalties for the violations of the provis- ions of this ordinance; to pro- vide against conflicts with oth- er laws, ordinances. or regula- tions; and to repeal all ordi- nances in conflict herewith in- cluding a zoning ordinance, to- gether with all amendments thereof, enacted by the Livonia Township Board of May 15, 1942, and known as Livonia Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended", be and the same is hereby amend - added to stand as Section 15.06 ed, and a new section is hereby (K) of Section 15 thereof, said amendments and added section to read as follows: ` Section 'I That Sub -Paragraph I, Zone A, Sub -Paragraph 2, Zone B, of Par- agraph 3.01 of Section, 3, District Regulations; Paragraph I, Zone A, (Continued on Page 15).• • Wednesday, April 10, 1945 (Continued from Page 14) Paragraph 2, Zone B, of Section 5, R-1 Districts; Paragraph I,. Zone A, Paragraph 3, Zone B, of Sec- tion 6, R-2 Districts; Paragraph I, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B, of Section 7, R-:3 Districts; Para- graph I, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B of Section 8, DUF Dis- tricts; Paragraph I, Zone A, Para- ga aph 2, Zone B of Section 9, AG -1 Districts; Paragraph I, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B of Sec- tion 9, AG -1 Districts; Paragraph I, Zone A, Paragraph 2, Zone B of Section 10, AG -2 Districts, be amended to read as follows: 1 Zone A. In all zones desig- nated as "A", no building or structure of one floor plan used as a dwelling -,.-.hall be construct- ed or altered where the first floor contains less than 1,000 square feet of usable floor area; and no building or structure of a one and ane -half story plan used as a dwelling shall be constructed or. altered where the ground floor area of said building or struoture contains less than 800 square feet of usable floor area and the ag- gregate livable floor area of the entire one and one-half story building or structure shall be not less than 1,000 square feet; and no building or structure of a full two story plan used as a dwelling shall bE7 constructed or altered where the ground floor area of said " full two story building or structure contains less than 624 square feet. 2. Zone B. In all zones desig- nated as "B", no building or struc- ture of a one floor plan used as a dwelling shall be constructed or altered where the first floor -con- tains less than 800 square feet of usable floor area; and no build- iug or structure of a one and on�-M half story plan used as a -dwelling shall be constructed or altered where the ground floor area of said building or structure -con tains less than 624 square feet and the aggregate livable floor area of the entire one and one-half story building or structure shall be not less than 800 square feet. 3. No building or structure of a fall two story plan used as a dwelling shall be constructed or altered where the ground floor area of said building or structure contains less than 576 square feet of usable floor area. Section II That a new section be added and to stand as 15.06 (K), HEAR- INGS AND POWERS, which reads a� follows: Section 15, Zoning Board of Appeals, 15.06 (K), Permit de- viations of'not more than ten per cent to the minimum require- ments for livable floor space in undeveloped or partially devel- oped areas of same district, in the following cases: In the case of a vacant lot or other building plot where the ex- isting ,uses on the adjoining lots on both sides are below the mini- mum requirements set forth in this ordinance such deviation may be permitted for a residence -building erected on said vacaht lot. In case more than two-thirds of the lots or building plots on both sides of the street in any one block are occupied by existing buildings below the minimum re- quirements provided in this See - tion, then such deviation may be permitted for buildings erected on the remaining vacant lots or ,building parcels in such block if the applicant furnishes complete detailed information to the Board relative to the area, and heights of existing buildings sufficient to satisfy the Board that such thereof, are below the said mini- mum requirements: provided, buildings, or at least two-thirds however, no such deviation shall be permitted where a building is erected on a vacant lot or build- ing/ plot between two lots or Pcels already built upon by houses which fully conform to the requirements of this Section. Section III All ordinances or parts of ordi- nances not consistent herewith are hereby repealed only to the extent necessary, to give this ordi- nance full force and effect. LIVONiAN -,_ Section IV The provisions of this ordi- nance are hereby declared to be immediately necessary. for the preservation of the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Township of Livonia and is hereby ordered to be given im- mediate effect. Section V The provisions if this ordinance are hereby- adopted and thereby ordered to be published within ten (10) days after its adoption. by the Livonia Township Board, in a newspaper of general circu- lation in the Township of Livonia and the provisions of this Ordi- nance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the publication of the provi- sions of said Ordinance. LIVONIA TOWNSHIP BOARD, By: JESSE ZIEGLER, Supervisor. COUNTERSIGNED: HARRY S. WOLFE, Clerk. I, HARRY S. WOLFE, Clerk of the Township of Livonia, do here- by certify that the above Ordi- nance was approved and adopt- ed by the Livonia Township Board at a regular meeting there- of, duly called and held on the 1st day of April, 1946 and was ordered to be given publication in the manner prescribed by law. HARRY S. WOLFE.7 Clerk of Livonia Township. Religious Toleration One of the war's most stirring acts of heroism took place three years ago this month. The four men who performed it were not fighting men; they were chap - lams two o fthem Protestant, one a Catholic, one a Jew. Theirs was more -than an act of supreme courage. It gave new dignity and meaning to the sacrifices exacted by war, and shed light on the path we must follow now, after victory. The story of wMat they did is especiai,y well worth , re- calling today, as Americans from coast-to-coast observe "Brother- hood Month." The four chaplains were on. the troop transport SS Dorchester, following a course through the icy waters of the North Atlan- tic. On.the morning of February 3, 1943, the ship was torpedoed Off the coast of Greenland. With complete disregard for their own safety, the four men of God went *0mong the fear -stricken soldiers, calming them, helping them into lifeboats and distributing -life- jackets. They saved the lives of many men, persuading them to jump overboard where there was a chance of rescue. Finally the supply of lifejackets gave out. The chaplains removed their own and gave them away. In .so doing, they were surrendering their lives. As the Dorchester lurched for the final plunge, the four chaplains linked arms on the shattered decks and, , stand- ing side by side, raised their voices in prayer — each in the words of his own faith. Later, after the story came out bit -by bit from survivors of the ill-fated vessel.., the War De- partment posthumously award- ed the ' Distinguished Service Cross. When the decorations were presented to the next of kir.,' Brigadier General William R. Arnold, then Chief of Chap- lains, pointedout the enduring significance of their heroism. He said: Their example has inspired, and strengthened men everywhere. The manner of their dying was one of the most noble deeds of the war. Two of the. chaplains—Chaplains Poling and Fox — were Protestants. Chaplain Washington was Cath- olic. Chaplain Goode was Jew- ish„ .. , Men of all faiths can be proud that these men of differes:'s faiths died together" . But pride is not enough. Such sacrifice leaves us with a heavy obligation—not only this sacri- fice, but all the others which Americans have glade in the name of what some men call "freedom," others "brotherhood," others just "home." The surviv- ors who watched the Dorchester sink knew that they could never again tolerate bigotry. We know just as clearly that to justify the casualties of war, we must build an America where all men, no matter what their race, religion or ancestry, can live in security and freedom. Only with that achieved can we say with assur- ance—"These dead have not died ip vain." OP A Regulations Encourage Short Weights and Measures Complaints have been received --b-; the State Department of Ag- riculture in which it appears that short measure of lumber is being encouraged by OPA reg - mations. The state law of Mich.- igan makes it unlawful for any erson to sell or offer or expose or sale less than the quantity he represents, says Charles Figy, Director; therefore, we are in- terested in the method that is employed in the measuring and billing of all types of building A preliminary investigation reveals the fact that a regula- tion (RMPR 26� issued by the Office of Price Administration, contains a foot -note -that seems to give the go sign to Fir Di- mension Iumber mills, wholesal- ers and dealers to violate the laws of this state. The regulation reads as follows: "Odd or frac- tional widths, add $1.00 to and compute footage on next wider even width except 2x3' inches." In order to comply with this cut a 2x4% inch dimension, sur - foot -note, a manufacturer can face to 1%x37s inches, and charge for 2x6 inches, using a Price of $1.00 over the ceiling price on 2x6. The same rule ap- plies to other widths; that is, stock can be sawed to 2x10-/4 and surfaced to I5/ax9t/s, and the purchaser must -pay not only for 2x12 but $1.00 over the 2x12 ceil- ing price. Miles A. Nelson, Chief of the Bureau of Marketing and En- forcement issued a warning . to the building Imateriai interests in Michigan that short -measure lumber will not be tolerated. It is the duty of the Department to see that the quantity represent- ed is delivered. It becomes a sim- ple matter of weights and meas- ures lacy enforcement. It is not our desire to upset old establish- ed trade practices where. no fraud or deception is intended or has taken place, such as call- ing 15/sx37/s 2x4. But something questior_iable has happened somewhere along the line when lumber dealers begin receiving odd thicknesses and odd lengths _which vary from the common trade practices, The weights and measures law gives wide protection not only to lumber retailers .and buyers, but also to buyers of food, coal, gas, oil, and any commodity or thing purchased ori paid for by weight, measure or numerical count. It even protects the home builder when hiring work to be done by measure, such as plastering, drilling wells, laying linoleum, carpeting, or any other item charged for by weight, measure or numerical count. Racial Toleration To Larry Nevin, the first reali- zation that he would be bl_nd for life was like a death sente_ ee. The story of his journey from ter- ror and despair to renewed faith in himself is told with rare in- sight in the book Lights Out by Baynard Kendrick. It is a story that will grip and hold every vet- eran with its powerful analysis of a soldier's inner struggle For Larry Nevin not only conquers physical helplessness_ and mental anguish; he faces the challenge of his old .ideas and builds a new set of values based on understand- ing and truth, "Lights Out" is the story of -a man who finds true vision only after he has lost his eyes. When the story begins, Larry Nevin is a cocky young soldier in France, aching to get home to Chris, the girl be plans to marry. While he is driving a truck Page Fifteen through the fog -laden countryside a German sniper's bullet gets him in the head. A week later he finds out the truth—the bullet has sev- ered his optic nerve and he will never see again. In the ward room of the Valley Forge hospital, Larry fights against his sense of overwhelming despair, learning the thousand routine things that sighted peo- ple take for granted—how to eat, how to shave, how to find his way around. He is tormented by the fear that he will never again be a useful, - self-respecting . person, that work and laughter and love are barred to him. Judy Greene, a warm and compassionate girl, meets him at a USO dance, but he feels that she is drawn to him only by pity. Returning on fur- lough to his home in the South, his bitterness grows when he finds his childhood sweetheart cold and frightened by his blind- ness, his old neighbors and friends condesccending and embarrassed in his presence. Meanwhile, an even deeper struggle takes place in his mind and heart. For Larry Nevin nds that, without . eyesight, the old standards by which he used to judge other people no longer have any 'value. He discovers that he reacts to the character of each person he meets now that surface appearances are no longer visible to him. While at Valley Forge he meets another blinded- soldier named Joe. Joe's soft southern drawl makesc him fee, at home right away, and the two become good friends. Then, , Larry finds out that Joe .is a Negro, a mem- ber of, a race whom Larry has always been taught to ridicule and despise. Another man whom Larry meets and likes is a Jew- ish veteran named Ivan Stern. Shocked at first by the fact that his blindness has betrayed hiin into friendship with people whom he had formerly avoided, Larry begins to question the prejudices pumped into his mind since early childhood. He wakes up to the fact that race and religion are false measures of a man's true value. He begins to realize that although his family and friends have the use of their eyes, they are blinded by ignorance, preju- dice and bigotry. The final strength he needs is Judy's love. She sets him think- ing with the words: "The only blackness is blackness, of the brain." With Judy by his side, he knows he will be able to live according to his new ideas of right and wrong, good and bad. At their wedding, neither Larry nor any of his sightless friends "knew if a man was well dressed or a woman well-groomed and pretty. None of them knew black from white, a rich man from a laborer, a Catholic from a Protestant, a Gen- tile from a Jew. But all of them knew the ones who loved them, all of them knew.- selfishness from stinginess, all of them knew light from worng." This book is a blockbuster. Mary other blinded soldiers in this war have gone through the same pangs and misgivings as Larry Nevin - have engineered themselves and come out on top. Larry . Nevin's final statement tears at the roots of sham . and pretense: "It must be that the world was blind—or maybe a hundred and thirty million Amer- icains too dumb to see." For without sight, this sol- dier gains the vision to see that only through understanding among all people, regardless of race or creed, can there be -any truth or beauty or peace in the world. In the end, there is a light in Larry's brain far brighter than any light he'd ever known. In the end, the blazing reality of five words prove to him that he is not blind at all. Those words are: "Love thy neighbor as thyself," That was Larry's. answer to his blindness. Only each reader,, alone, can answer the question for himself: "Who is blind — Larry Nevin, soldier, or IT' This is a book which every vet- eran should read and it is a must for hospital officers, doctors, psy- chiatrists and veteran rehabilita- tion and service oficers. Page Sixteen L I V O N I A N Wednesday, April 10, 1946 ON THE JOB — — THOSE LITTLE I �Iff VV A wan T A D S Only 25 Cents Phone Plymouth 16 FOR SALE - FOR SALE—We smoke our own ham, bacon and sausage. Fresh killed poultry. Taylor's Supe: Market, 29150 Joy Road, one block east of 'Middlebelt Road. 9-lfc FOR POWER lawn mowers, call Livonia 2237. Robert S. Shunk. 5-tfc GRAVEL, top soil, sand, cinders, fill dirt, peat, etc. J. A. Hoag. Livonia 210. 6-tfc 40 FT, business frontage or.. Plym- outh road between Melrose and Auburndale, Rosedale Gardens. Phone Livonia 2224. ltc 16 FT. .house trailer, needs repair, could be used for brooder house. Price $50.00 Robert Hainiel, 14850 Merriman Road, Plymouth, Mich. ltd; II FOR SALE: 170 feet on Plymouth Road. $20.00 per foot. Two 40' x 142' lots, off Joy Rd. City water. $550.00 cash. 5 Family Income. 2 baths, city water, city gas. $175 per month. $8,500 with �/2 down._ Gas Station and Garage on Plymouth Rd. $17,000 with $10,000 down. 8 Room frame house with five bedrooms, ifurnace heat, hardwood floors, city Ovate'', basement and bath, Redford. $10,00 with $5,500 down, and. $38.00 per month. H. W. CURTNER Insurance Agency 30935 Plymouth Road Phone Livonia 2337 PLUMBING and HEATING New Installations Remodeling and Repairs WILLIAM METER Phone Livonia 2013 Licensed Master Plumber • Building Materials Coal for all types of heating plants Plymouth Lumber & Coal Co pain 308'N. Main St.. at P. M. Tracks Phone 102, Plymouth, Mich. SMALL hard printing press. Phone Evergreen 68N. ltp POULTRY WANTED -- We pay the highest prices for poultry. Taylor Super Market, 29150 Joy Road. Phone Livonia 9207. tfe RIDE to Ford Rouge Plant, 3:20 p.m. to 11:20 p.m. shift. Phone Frank Pulice Livonia 9234. ltc FOR RENT SLEEPING room, can cook break- fast. 55.00 per week. H. W. Curtner. 30935 Plymouth Road. Phone Livonia 2387. itc MISCELLANEOUS RESIDENTIAL pians drawn to suit your lotaR. Anderson, 29805 Greenland. Phone Livonia 2518. 51-tfe Sep_ic Tanks Cleaned Sand, gravel and fill dirt deliver ed. L. 1Vlollard, 11695 Inkster road, Plvr outfl. Phone Evergreen 3745. 23-12tc FOR floor sanding, finishing and linoleum, call Eger and Jack- son Co Plymouth 1552 28-tfe Hazelnut is the only mast -bear- ing shrub of importance in Michigan. Halzelnuts are well - liked by squirrels, but wood 'mice appear to get the bulk of the crop in most areas. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Trepagier and daughters, Jacqueline, Mar- jorie Ann and Loraine have re- cently returned from a combin- ed business and pleasure trip to New York City. If you have anything to sell or rent try a Livonian want ad. They bring results.—Plymouth 16. Have you had your battery checked lately? Your BATTERY as Well as Your CAR Must Last Longer!!! Bring your car in for a grease job and oil change and we will look after the battery. General Electric Appliances will be available soon. Place your order now for an early delivery, �I Phone Livonia 9202 Corner Merriman and Plymouth Roads ;)